Astrophysical: Exoplanets

  • Talk
    Observations of Transiting Exoplanets
    I will present the last results of the Transit Monitoring in the South (TraMoS) project. Since 2008, TraMoS has monitored transits of 30 exoplanets with...
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    Observing Planetary Transits with GTC
    So far more than 800 planets have been discovered and their characterization is becoming more important. Transiting planets offer the unique opportunity of...
  • Publication
    OGLE-2014-BLG-0221Lb: A Jupiter Mass Ratio Companion Orbiting Either a Late-type Star or a Stellar Remnant
    We present the analysis of the microlensing event OGLE-2014-BLG-0221, a planetary candidate event discovered in 2014. The photometric light curve is best...
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    Optical and near-infrared day-side emission from exoplanets
    Observations of the secondary eclipse of an exoplanet, the moment the planet moves behind its star, allow us measure the radiation emitted by the exoplanet...
  • Publication
    Partially Ionized Plasmas in Astrophysics
    Partially ionized plasmas are found across the Universe in many different astrophysical environments. They constitute an essential ingredient of the solar...
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    PASS - a Permanent All Sky Survey for the detection of transits
    A project to survey the entire visible sky for the presence of transits by extrasolar planets is presented. The experiment would consist of one or two fixed...
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    PLATO: The ESA Cosmic Vision planetray system characterizer
    I present a general overview of the PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) space mission. PLATO was approved by ESA’s Science Programme Committee...
  • News
    Research on exoplanets and the Solar System comes to the classroom with the IAC's PETeR project
    The IAC's Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes (PETeR) offers a new edition of its online teacher training entitled ‘ Investigate the Universe with...
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    Revealing planet migration and detection of terrestrial planets with improved spectroscopic tools
    Spectroscopic observations of stars do not only provide us with valuable information about the stars themselves, but over the last years such observations have...