Kepler-77b: a very low albedo, Saturn-mass transiting planet around a metal-rich solar-like star
(2013)
The SOAPS project - Spin-orbit alignment of planetary systems: Exoplanets' evolution histories in systems with different architectures
EPJ Web of Conferences 47 (2013)
Abstract:
The wealth of information rendered by Kepler planets and planet candidates is indispensable for statistically significant studies of distinct planet populations, in both single and multiple systems. Empirical evidences suggest that Kepler's planet population shows different physical properties as compared to the bulk of known exoplanets. The SOAPS project, aims to shed light on Kepler's planets formation, their migration and architecture. By measuring v sini accurately for Kepler hosts with rotation periods measured from their high-precision light curves, we will assess the alignment of the planetary orbit with respect to the stellar spin axis. This degree of alignment traces the formation history and evolution of the planetary systems, and thus, allows to distinguish between different proposed migration theories. SOAPS will increase by a factor of 2 the number of spin-orbit alignment measurements pushing the parameters space down to the SuperEarth domain. Here we present our preliminary results. © Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2013.The Warming Papers The Scientific Foundation for the Climate Change Forecast
John Wiley & Sons, 2013
Abstract:
Global warming is arguably the defining scientific issue of modern times, but it is not widely appreciated that the ... together the classic scientific papers that are the scientific foundation for the forecast of global warming and its consequences.Detection of carbon monoxide in the high-resolution day-side spectrum of the exoplanet HD 189733b
(2013)
DETECTION OF MOLECULAR ABSORPTION IN THE DAYSIDE OF EXOPLANET 51 PEGASI b?
The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 767:1 (2013) 27