Exploring the Architecture of Transiting Exoplanetary Systems with High-Precision Photometry

• Main Author: Masuda, Kento (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Planetary science.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Planetary Sciences.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

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 teles...

Table of Contents:

• Diversity of the Extrasolar Worlds
• Measurements of Stellar Obliquities
• Origin of the Misaligned Hot Jupiters: Nature or Nurture?
• Three-dimensional Stellar Obliquities of HAT-P-7 and Kepler-25 from Joint Analysis of Asteroseismology, Transit Light Curve, and the Rossiter-McLaughlin Effect
• Spin-Orbit Misalignments of Kepler-13Ab and HAT-P-7b from Gravity-Darkened Transit Light Curves
• Probing the Architecture of Hierarchical Multi-Body Systems: Photometric Characterization of the Triply-Eclipsing Triple-Star System KIC 6543674
• Summary and Future Prospects.