Planet transit and stellar granulation detection with interferometry

2014/04/28 by A. Chiavassa, Andrea Chiavassa, Roxanne Ligi +9 · 19 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Engineering #Geology #Granulation #Interferometry #Physics #Planet #Remote sensing #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Transit (satellite) #Transport engineering #astro-ph.EP #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201323207

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 567, A115 (EDP Sciences) · accepted in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 pages. Some figures have reduced resolution to decrease the size of the output file. Please contact [email protected] to have the high resolution version of the paper

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Abstract

Context. Stellar activity and, in particular, convection-related surface structures, potentially cause bias in planet detection and characterisation. In the latter, interferometry can help disentangle the signal of the transiting planet.

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