On Using the Rossiter Effect to Detect Terrestrial Planets

Details On Using the Rossiter Effect to Detect Terrestrial Planets On Using the Rossiter Effect to Detect Terrestrial Planets

2007-07-17

arxiv.org/abs/0707.2407v1

ASP Conf.Ser.366:176,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 6 figures; Figure 2 in the conference proceeding did not reproduce well, so three panels from that 9-panel figure are

Scientific paper

We explore the possibility that the transit signature of an Earth-size planet
can be detected in spectroscopic velocity shifts via the Rossiter effect. Under
optimistic but not unrealistic conditions, it should be possible to detect a
large terrestrial-size planet. While not suitable for discovering planets, this
method can be used to confirm suspected planets.

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