Astrophysical: Exoplanets

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    Parameter Estimation from the Transit Light Curve Including Gravitational Lensing Effects
    We study transit light curves of exoplanets, incorporating gravitational lensing effects, and explore the possibility of estimating planetary masses using only...
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    Partially Ionized Plasmas in Astrophysics
    Partially ionized plasmas are found across the Universe in many different astrophysical environments. They constitute an essential ingredient of the solar...
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    PASS - a Permanent All Sky Survey for the detection of transits
    A project to survey the entire visible sky for the presence of transits by extrasolar planets is presented. The experiment would consist of one or two fixed...
  • News
    PLATO reaches a milestone in its construction, and is getting ready to look for planets similar to Earth
    The PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars) space mission, led by the European Space Agency (ESA), has recently completed one of the most delicate...
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    PLATO: The ESA Cosmic Vision planetray system characterizer
    I present a general overview of the PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) space mission. PLATO was approved by ESA’s Science Programme Committee...
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    Precise mass and radius determination for two new and one known Neptune-sized planets around G dwarf hosts
    As part of the KESPRINT collaboration, we present the discovery and characterization of three exoplanets in the sub-Neptune to super-Neptune regime, spanning...
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    Research on exoplanets and the Solar System comes to the classroom with the IAC's PETeR project
    The IAC's Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes (PETeR) offers a new edition of its online teacher training entitled ‘ Investigate the Universe with...
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    Revealing planet migration and detection of terrestrial planets with improved spectroscopic tools
    Spectroscopic observations of stars do not only provide us with valuable information about the stars themselves, but over the last years such observations have...
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    Rocky exoplanets and their host stars may have similar composition
    Newly formed stars have protoplanetary discs around them. A fraction of the material in the disc condenses into planet-forming chunks, and the rest finally...