No Planet Left Behind: Investigating Planetary Diversity and Architecture with SIM Lite

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2009-02-19

arxiv.org/abs/0902.3475v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

7 pages, 3 figures, submitted to The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey

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The evidence is mounting that star formation necessarily involves planet formation. We clearly have a vested interest in finding other Earths but a true understanding of planet formation requires completing the census and mapping planetary architecture in all its grandeur and diversity. Here, we show that a 2000-star survey undertaken with SIM Lite will uniquely probe planets around B-A-F stars, bright and binary stars and white dwarfs. In addition, we show that the high precision of SIM Lite allows us to gain unique insights into planet formation via accurate measurements of mutual inclinations.

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