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Exoplanets, unraveling a new paradigm - SPIE · 1 – 2 m/s. The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets . 376 FGK stars . 2004 - 2011 . ESO 3.6m . La Silla, Chile . Mayor et

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  • Exoplanets, unraveling a new paradigm

    1

  • 2

  • 1 –

    2 m

    /s

    The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets

    376 FGK stars 2004 - 2011

    ESO 3.6m

    La Silla, Chile

    3 Mayor et al. 2011

  • 4

    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

    5

  • HAT HAT-S

    WASP

    CoRoT Kepler

    Transit search surveys

  • Transit-hunting from space

    7

  • 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

    11

  • 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

    13

  • 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?

    17

  • 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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  • 24

  • 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