No Transits of Proxima Centauri Planets in High-Cadence TESS Data by Emily A. Gilbert, Emily A. Gilbert, Emily A. Gilbert, Emily A. Gilbert, Emily A. Gilbert, Thomas Barclay, Thomas Barclay, Ethan Kruse, Elisa V. Quintana, Lucianne M. Walkowicz

“…Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and one of the most well-studied stars in the sky. …”
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Orbital Stability and Secular Dynamics of the Proxima Centauri Planetary System by Joseph R. Livesey, Rory Barnes, Russell Deitrick

“…The two innermost planets of the Proxima Centauri system are separated by just 0.02 au, inducing strong gravitational interactions between them. …”
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On the Comprehensive 3D Modeling of the Radiation Environment of Proxima Centauri b: A New Constraint on Habitability? by N. Eugene Engelbrecht, Konstantin Herbst, R. Du Toit Strauss, Klaus Scherer, Juandre Light, K. D. Moloto

“…StEP intensities are also calculated using observed stellar event profiles for Proxima Centauri as inputs. Computed intensities are then used to calculate possible atmospheric ionization effects and dose rates. …”
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The influence of a substellar continent on the climate of a tidally locked exoplane by Lewis, N, Lambert, F, Boutle, I, Mayne, N, Manners, J, Acreman, D

“…We choose to use the orbital and planetary parameters of Proxima Centauri B as a template, to allow comparison with the work of others. …”

Interstellar photovoltaics by Nora Schopp, Ernazar Abdikamalov, Andrii I. Mostovyi, Hryhorii P. Parkhomenko, Mykhailo M. Solovan, Ernest A. Asare, Guillermo C. Bazan, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, George F. Smoot, Viktor V. Brus

“…With that in mind, the Sun’s G2V spectrum and Proxima Centauri’s M5.5Ve spectrum are considered in further detail in combination with two extreme bandgap OPV systems: one narrow bandgap system (PM2:COTIC-4F, E g = 1.14 eV) and one wide bandgap system (PM6:o-IDTBR, E g = 1.62 eV). …”
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Superconducting Electronics for Breakthrough Starshot Communications by Sorenson, Andrew

“…Gram-scale sailcraft for the Breakthrough Starshot project are currently being designed to travel to Proxima Centauri, 4.24 light years away, and transmit back images and data [1]. …”
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Alpha Centauri: Disc Dynamics, Planet Stability, Detectability by Nicolás Cuello, Mario Sucerquia

“…Alpha Centauri is a triple stellar system, and it contains the closest star to Earth (Proxima Centauri). Over the last decades, the stars in Alpha Cen and their orbits have been investigated in great detail. …”
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A New 2D Energy Balance Model for Simulating the Climates of Rapidly and Slowly Rotating Terrestrial Planets by Ramses M. Ramirez

“…Here, I have specifically applied PlaHab to investigate the present Earth, early Mars, TRAPPIST-1 e, and Proxima Centauri b, representing examples of habitable (and potentially habitable) worlds in our solar system and beyond. …”
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Traveling Planetary-scale Waves Cause Cloud Variability on Tidally Locked Aquaplanets by Maureen Cohen, Massimo A. Bollasina, Denis E. Sergeev, Paul I. Palmer, Nathan J. Mayne

“…We study this oscillation in simulations of Proxima Centauri b, TRAPPIST-1e, and rapidly rotating versions of these worlds located at the inner edge of their stars’ habitable zones. …”
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The Solar Neighborhood LI: A Variability Survey of Nearby M Dwarfs with Planets from Months to Decades with TESS and the CTIO/SMARTS 0.9 m Telescope by Aman Kar, Todd J. Henry, Andrew A. Couperus, Eliot Halley Vrijmoet, Wei-Chun Jao

“…We find over these extended timescales that six stars show optical flux variations less than 2%, 25 vary from 2% to 6% (∼22–67 mmag), and only one, Proxima Centauri, varies by more than 6%. Overall, LHS 1678 exhibits the lowest optical variability levels measured over all timescales examined, thereby providing one of the most stable photometric environments among the planets reported around M dwarfs within 25 pc. …”
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