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Exoplanet Examples

  • Transits

    • Analyze transit light curves to vet planet candidates from potential astrophysical false positives

    • Analyze transit light curves to inform planning of follow-up observations

  • Transit Timing Variations

    • Analyze TTV observations to assess whether TTVs are likely due to known transiting planets or additional unknown planets

    • Analyze TTV observations to assess whether TTVs are more likely due to dynamical effects or stellar variability.

    • Analyze TTV observations to identify candidates for RV follow-up observations

  • Radial Velocity Observations

    • Analyze radial velocity observations to assess whether a planet candidate's orbit is well characterized and ready for publication

    • Analyze radial velocity observations of stars with planet candidates to inform planning of future RV measurements

    • Analyze NEID standard star observations to identify any measurements which are not robust (e.g., comparing RVs derived from each order of the spectra)

    • Analyze NEID solar observations to fit a differential extinction model specific to each day and to assess whether it is adequate to use for subsequent analysis

  • Microlensing

    • Analyze microlensing light curves to assess whether a microlensing event shows evidence for a planet or binary star

    • Analyze microlensing light curves to inform planning of follow-up observations

  • Other ideas

    • Synthesize observations of host stars being targeted by exoplanet surveys

    • Analyze pyrheliometer data and exposure meter data accompanying NEID solar observations to determine which days observations were likely contaminated by poor atmospheric conditions

Potential Data Sources

  • Transit light curves:

    • Kepler/K2

    • TESS

  • Transit Timing Variations:

    • Table of transit times from Holczer et al. (2016)

  • Radial Velocities:

    • California Legacy Survey RVs

    • NEID standard star observations

    • NEID solar observations

  • Host star properties

    • California Legacy Survey spectra

    • NEID standard star spectra

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