Detection and characterization of extrasolar planets: the transit method

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Mar 2006

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"Formation planétaire et exoplanètes, Ecole thématique du CNRS, Goutelas (Loire), 23 - 27 mai 2005 Edited by J.-L. Halbwachs, D.

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Extra-Solar Planets: Detection

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Exoplanets can be detected by the transit method when the star, planet and observer are aligned. The transits translate into a shallow dip in the stellar light curve. When combined with radial velocity measurements, the transit method permits the determination of a planet's mass, radius and density. In this chapter we describe the main features of transit light curves, some issues about the method and we compare its capabilities and observables to other methods for the detection and characterisation of extrasolar planets.

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