Exploring the Architecture of Transiting Exoplanetary Systems with High-Precision Photometry (Springer Theses)

By Kento Masuda

Book Overview

Diversity of the Extrasolar Worlds.- Measurements of Stellar Obliquities.- Origin of the Misaligned Hot Jupiters: Nature or Nurture?.- Three-dimensional Stellar Obliquities of HAT-P-7 and Kepler-25 from Joint Analysis of Asteroseismology, Transit Light Curve, and the Rossiter-McLaughlin Effect.- Spin-Orbit Misalignments of Kepler-13Ab and HAT-P-7b from Gravity-Darkened Transit Light Curves.- Probing the Architecture of Hierarchical Multi-Body Systems: Photometric Characterization of the Triply-Eclipsing Triple-Star System KIC 6543674.- Summary and Future Prospects.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811341559
• ISBN13: 9789811341557
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"