Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Exoplanets: a First Look from the MEarth Project

Description

Exoplanets that transit nearby M dwarfs allow us to measure the sizes, masses, and atmospheric properties of distant worlds. Between 2008 and 2013, we searched for such planets with the MEarth Project, a photometric survey of the closest and smallest main-sequence stars. This thesis uses the first planet discovered with MEarth, the warm 2.7 Earth radius exoplanet GJ1214b, to explore the possibilities that planets transiting M dwarfs provide. / Astronomy

Links & Downloads

1. Berta, Zachory Kaczmarczyk. 2013. Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Exoplanets: a First Look from the MEarth Project. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.
2. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10833
3. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11158262

Tags

Astronomy

Astrophysics

atmospheres

exoplanets

M dwarfs

photometry

statistics

transits

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/11158262
Date	09 October 2013
Creators	Berta, Zachory Kaczmarczyk
Contributors	Charbonneau, David
Publisher	Harvard University
Source Sets	Harvard University
Language	en_US
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis or Dissertation
Rights	open