The Transits of Extrasolar Planets with Moons

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kipping, David M. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Σειρά: Springer Theses
• Θέματα: Physics.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

Can we detect the moons of extrasolar planets? For two decades, astronomers have made enormous progress in the detection and characterisation of exoplanetary systems but the identification of an "exomoon" is notably absent. In this thesis, David Kipping shows how transiting planets may be...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Extrasolar Moons
• 3 The Transiting Planet
• 4 Timing the Transit
• 5 Transit Distortions
• 6 Transit Timing Effects due to an Exomoon
• 7 Detectability of Habitable Exomoons with Kepler-Class Photometry
• 8 Conclusions & Future Work
• A Notations & Acronyms.