Hot Jupiters
Hot Jupiters
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The large radii of hot Jupiters have been puzzling astronomers since the discovery of the first transiting exoplanets (year 2000). It is well established that the radii of hot Jupiters violate theoretical predictions and points to a physical mechanism that is missing in our present modeling of hot Jupiters. While many physical mechanisms have been proposed, in this project we aim to constrain which physical mechanism is the dominant one by adopting a statistical approach.
The large radii of hot Jupiters have been puzzling astronomers since the discovery of the first transiting exoplanets (year 2000). It is well established that the radii of hot Jupiters violate theoretical predictions and points to a physical mechanism that is missing in our present modeling of hot Jupiters. While many physical mechanisms have been proposed, in this project we aim to constrain which physical mechanism is the dominant one by adopting a statistical approach.
CARMENES
CARMENES
CARMENES (Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exo-earths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spectrographs) is a pair of high-resolution echelle spectrographs mounted on the 3.5 m telescope of the Calar Alto Observatory (CAHA) in Spain. The CARMENES radial velocity (RV) survey is monitoring 324 M dwarfs with the aim of detecting terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of their host star.
CARMENES (Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exo-earths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spectrographs) is a pair of high-resolution echelle spectrographs mounted on the 3.5 m telescope of the Calar Alto Observatory (CAHA) in Spain. The CARMENES radial velocity (RV) survey is monitoring 324 M dwarfs with the aim of detecting terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of their host star.
HATSOUTH
HATSOUTH
HATSOUTH is the largest ground based transit survey consisting of fully automated telescopes spread over six stations over three southern observatories: LCO (Chile), HESS (Namibia), and SS (Australia). The primary goal of the project is to detect and characterize a large number of transiting exoplanets around nearby bright stars.
HATSOUTH is the largest ground based transit survey consisting of fully automated telescopes spread over six stations over three southern observatories: LCO (Chile), HESS (Namibia), and SS (Australia). The primary goal of the project is to detect and characterize a large number of transiting exoplanets around nearby bright stars.
Click here to read more about the discovery of HATS-59, the first multi-planetary system discovered by the HATS survey.
Click here to read more about the discovery of HATS-59, the first multi-planetary system discovered by the HATS survey.
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