Exploring the Architecture of Transiting Exoplanetary Systems with High-Precision Photometry
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Beschreibung
This thesis develops and establishes several methods to determine the detailed geometric architecture of transiting exoplanetary systems (planets orbiting around, and periodically passing in front of, stars other than the sun) using high-precision photometric data collected by the Kepler space telescope. It highlights the measurement of stellar obliquity – the tilt of the stellar equator with respect to the planetary orbital plane(s) – and presents methods for more precise obliquity measurements in individual systems of particular interest, as well as for measurements in systems that have been out of reach of previous methods. Such information is useful for investigating the dynamical evolution of the planetary orbit, which is the key to understanding the diverse architecture of exoplanetary systems. The thesis also demonstrates a wide range of unique applications of high-precision photometric data, which expand the capability of future space-based photometry.
Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Tokyo Department of Physics Presents methodology for the self-consistent joint analysis of photometric and spectroscopic data Discusses unique analyses of the precise photometric light curve combined with orbital dynamics, which appeal to both observers and theorists
Autor*in
Kento Masuda
Themen in »Exploring the Architecture of Transiting Exoplanetary Systems with High-Precision Photometry«
Transiting Exoplanet Formation of Hot Jupiters Kepler Space Telescope Stellar Obliquity The Rossiter-Mclaughlin Effect Gravity Darkening Asteroseismology Transit Timing Variations Exoplanetary Systems Stellar Spin and Planetary Orbital Axes