Precise Photometry and Spectroscopy of Transits

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2007-10-04

arxiv.org/abs/0710.1098v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, to appear in "Extreme Solar Systems," ASP Conference Series, ed. Debra Fischer, Fred Rasio, Steve Thorsett and Alex W

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A planetary transit produces both a photometric signal and a spectroscopic signal. Precise observations of the transit light curve reveal the planetary radius and allow a search for timing anomalies caused by satellites or additional planets. Precise measurements of the stellar Doppler shift throughout a transit (the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect) place a lower bound on the stellar obliquity, which may be indicative of the planet's migration history. I review recent results of the Transit Light Curve project, and of a parallel effort to measure the Rossiter effect for many of the known transiting planets.

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