Extrasolar planets and their host stars / Kaspar von Braun, Tabetha Boyajian.
Braun, Kaspar von, author.; Boyajian, Tabetha, author.
2017
QB820
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Title Extrasolar planets and their host stars / Kaspar von Braun, Tabetha Boyajian.
Author Braun, Kaspar von, author.
ISBN 9783319611983 (electronic book)
3319611984 (electronic book)
9783319611969
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 78 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number QB820
Dewey Decimal Classification 523.2/4
Summary This book explores the relations between physical parameters of extrasolar planets and their respective parent stars. Planetary parameters are often directly dependent upon their stellar counterparts. In addition, the star is almost always the only visible component of the system and contains most of the system mass. Consequently, the parent star heavily influences every aspect of planetary physics and astrophysics. Drs. Kaspar von Braun and Tabetha Boyajian use direct methods to characterize exoplanet host starts that minimize the number of assumptions needed to be made in the process. The book provides a background on interferometric techniques for stellar diameter measurements, illustrates the authors' approach on using additional data to fully characterize the stars, provides a comprehensive update on the current state of the field, and examines in detail a number of historically significant and well-studied exoplanetary systems.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed Aug. 1, 2017).
Added Author Boyajian, Tabetha, author.
Series SpringerBriefs in astronomy.
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Preface; Acknowledgements; References; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Determination of Stellar and Planetary AstrophysicalParameters; 2.1 Stellar Radius; 2.2 Stellar Effective Temperature and Luminosity; 2.3 Why Interferometry?; 2.4 System Habitable Zone; 2.5 Transiting Planets; References; 3 Results; 3.1 Current Status; 3.2 Selected Individual Systems; 3.2.1 51 Pegasi; 3.2.2 GJ 581; 3.2.3 GJ 15A; 3.2.4 GJ 876; 3.2.5 61 Vir; 3.2.6 HD 69830; 3.2.7 HR 8799; 3.2.8 55 Cancri; 3.2.8.1 Stellar Parameters; 3.2.8.2 Habitable Zone and Planet 55 Cnc f; 3.2.8.3 Transiting Planet 55 Cnc e; 3.2.9 GJ 436

3.2.9.1 Directly Determined Stellar Parameters3.2.9.2 Calculated Parameters for Star and Planet; 3.2.10 HD 209458; 3.2.11 HD 189733; 3.2.12 HD 219134; 3.2.13 Other Systems; 3.3 Summary of Results; References; 4 Future Work; 4.1 The Possible: Future Targets; 4.2 The Impossible: Indirect Methods, Limits, and Beyond; References; 5 Summary and Conclusion; Glossary; Index

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