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Exoplanets, unraveling a new paradigm
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2 m
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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets
376 FGK stars 2004 - 2011
ESO 3.6m
La Silla, Chile
3 Mayor et al. 2011
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1 m/s
Stellar « noise »
Alpha Cen A
4 Dumusques et al. 2010
Pushing down the limits
HD 40307 K2 V
397 data points: O-C=1.00 m/s 10 binned data points: O-C = 18 cm/s
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HAT HAT-S
WASP
CoRoT Kepler
Transit search surveys
Transit-hunting from space
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The Rossiter- Mac Laughlin effect
WASP-8 complex system
400 AU companion
Eccentric P=8d orbit
Counter rotating planet
An additional companion
58 m/s/yr
Missaligned Hot Jupiters
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Wright et al. 2009
Less than 0.5% of occurrence… Found in single system Hot Jupiter are likely the outcome of a rare dynamical event
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The upper mass of planets
Combining astrometry and RV
For longer period companions…
16 Sahlmann et al. A&A 525, A95
Upper planet mass is around 30 Mj Lowest substellar companin is around 60 MJ Core accretion – core collapse boundaries?
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Super-Earths yield
18 Mayor et al. 2011
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Mayor et al. 2011
Howard et al 2011
Lovis et al. 2011
Lissauer et al. 2011
« It is immediately apparent that there is a paucity of giant planets in multi-planet systems »…
Lissauer et al. 2011
« super Earths »
Any small planet below Neptune mass! (unknown structure) High rate occurrence per star (30 to 100%) Arise in multiple compact system
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New Generation Transit Survey Discover Neptune transiting planets on bright stars
Belfast, DLR Berlin, Geneva, Leicester, Warwick, U. Catolica
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Exoplanets, �unraveling a new paradigmSlide Number 2Slide Number 3Stellar « noise »Pushing down the limitsTransit search surveysTransit-hunting from spaceSlide Number 8The Rossiter- Mac Laughlin effectWASP-8 complex systemMissaligned Hot JupitersSlide Number 12Slide Number 13Slide Number 14Combining astrometry and RVFor longer period companions…Slide Number 17Super-Earths yieldSlide Number 19Slide Number 20Slide Number 21Slide Number 22« super Earths »Slide Number 24Slide Number 25Slide Number 26Slide Number 27