Roman Telescope to Hunt Exoplanets in Rosette Nebula

This research assesses the expected yield of a hypothetical Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope transit survey of the Rosette Nebula, a young star-forming region. The study addresses the challenges of detecting exoplanets around young stars, which include photometric variability, magnetic activity, and placement in dense, poorly-resolved regions. Using the Roman Exposure Time Calculator, the researchers quantify the telescope's sensitivity to Rosette members and evaluate yields via Monte Carlo injection-recovery simulations, accounting for nebular extinction and youth-driven stellar variability. The results predict the detection of approximately 33 young transiting exoplanets in a month-long survey and 29 in a two-week survey. The detections are expected to be dominated by 1-2 Earth-radius super-Earths and sub-Neptunes with periods less than 8 days. Such a sample would substantially expand the census of young transiting planets, probing an age regime in which planetary radii remain inflated, the stability of close-in orbits is uncertain, and planetary migration may still be ongoing. This survey offers a path to constrain early planetary evolution and establish prime follow-up targets for other observatories.

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