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The Transits of Extrasolar Planets with Moons [electronic resource] / by David M. Kipping.

By: Kipping, David M [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Theses: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011Description: XVIII, 202 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642222696.Subject(s): Physics | Planetology | Astrobiology | Physics | Astronomy, Observations and Techniques | Planetology | Astrobiology | Astrophysics and AstroparticlesDDC classification: 520 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
1 Introduction -- 2 Extrasolar Moons -- 3 The Transiting Planet -- 4 Timing the Transit -- 5 Transit Distortions -- 6 Transit Timing Effects due to an Exomoon -- 7 Detectability of Habitable Exomoons with Kepler-Class Photometry -- 8 Conclusions & Future Work -- A Notations & Acronyms.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Can we detect the moons of extrasolar planets? For two decades, astronomers have made enormous progress in the detection and characterisation of exoplanetary systems but the identification of an "exomoon" is notably absent. In this thesis, David Kipping shows how transiting planets may be used to infer the presence of exomoons through deviations in the time and duration of the planetary eclipses. A detailed account of the transit model, potential distortions, and timing techniques is covered before the analytic forms for the timing variations are derived. It is shown that habitable-zone exomoons above 0.2 Earth-masses are detectable with the Kepler space telescope using these new timing techniques.
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1 Introduction -- 2 Extrasolar Moons -- 3 The Transiting Planet -- 4 Timing the Transit -- 5 Transit Distortions -- 6 Transit Timing Effects due to an Exomoon -- 7 Detectability of Habitable Exomoons with Kepler-Class Photometry -- 8 Conclusions & Future Work -- A Notations & Acronyms.

Can we detect the moons of extrasolar planets? For two decades, astronomers have made enormous progress in the detection and characterisation of exoplanetary systems but the identification of an "exomoon" is notably absent. In this thesis, David Kipping shows how transiting planets may be used to infer the presence of exomoons through deviations in the time and duration of the planetary eclipses. A detailed account of the transit model, potential distortions, and timing techniques is covered before the analytic forms for the timing variations are derived. It is shown that habitable-zone exomoons above 0.2 Earth-masses are detectable with the Kepler space telescope using these new timing techniques.

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