A SEARCH FOR RINGED EXOPLANETS USING KEPLER PHOTOMETRY

Models are developed to simulate light curves of stars dimmed by transiting exoplanets with and without rings. These models are then applied to Kepler photometry to search for planetary rings in a sample of 21 exoplanets, mostly hot Jupiters, chosen to offer the best observational opportunity for di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heising, Matthew Z., Marcy, Geoffrey W., Schlichting, Hilke E
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100582
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0298-8089