Stellar obliquities in exoplanetary systems

SH Albrecht, RI Dawson, JN Winn - Publications of the …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The rotation of a star and the revolutions of its planets are not necessarily aligned. This
article reviews the measurement techniques, key findings, and theoretical interpretations …

Probabilistic forecasting of the masses and radii of other worlds

J Chen, D Kipping - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Mass and radius are two of the most fundamental properties of an astronomical object.
Increasingly, new planet discoveries are being announced with a measurement of one of …

The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG-XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting …

AS Bonomo, S Desidera, S Benatti, F Borsa… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
We carried out a Bayesian homogeneous determination of the orbital parameters of 231
transiting giant planets (TGPs) that are alone or have distant companions; we employed …

High-precision abundances of elements in solar twin stars-Trends with stellar age and elemental condensation temperature

PE Nissen - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015 - aanda.org
Context. High-precision determinations of abundances of elements in the atmospheres of
the Sun and solar twin stars indicate that the Sun has an unusually low ratio between …

A preponderance of perpendicular planets

SH Albrecht, ML Marcussen, JN Winn… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Observing the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect during a planetary transit allows the
determination of the angle λ between the sky projections of the star's spin axis and the …

ExoClock Project. II. A large-scale integrated study with 180 updated exoplanet ephemerides

A Kokori, A Tsiaras, B Edwards… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The ExoClock project is an inclusive, integrated, and interactive platform that was developed
to monitor the ephemerides of the Ariel targets to increase the mission efficiency. The project …

A library of ATMO forward model transmission spectra for hot Jupiter exoplanets

JM Goyal, N Mayne, DK Sing… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present a grid of forward model transmission spectra, adopting an isothermal
temperature-pressure profile, alongside corresponding equilibrium chemical abundances …

Evidence of an upper bound on the masses of planets and its implications for giant planet formation

KC Schlaufman - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Celestial bodies with a mass of» MM 10 Jup have been found orbiting nearby stars. It is
unknown whether these objects formed like gas-giant planets through core accretion or like …

DREAM-II. The spin–orbit angle distribution of close-in exoplanets under the lens of tides

O Attia, V Bourrier, JB Delisle… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
The spin–orbit angle, or obliquity, is a powerful observational marker that allows us to
access the dynamical history of exoplanetary systems. For this study, we have examined the …

SWEET-Cat updated-New homogenous spectroscopic parameters

SG Sousa, V Adibekyan, E Delgado-Mena… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. Exoplanets have now been proven to be very common. The number of its
detections continues to grow following the development of better instruments and missions …