7 May 2017 to 2 June 2017
Nordita, Stockholm
Europe/Stockholm timezone

Detection and characterization of planets around M Dwarfs

31 May 2017, 11:00
1h
122:026 (Nordita, Stockholm)

122:026

Nordita, Stockholm

Speaker

Dr Mario Damasso

Description

M dwarfs are optimal targets to search for potentially habitable planets in the solar neighborhood through the photometric transit method and the analysis of radial velocity timeseries. Spanning almost all the low- mass spectral range, "breaking news" terrestrial planets have been found around some nearby M dwarfs, and they will be the primary follow-up targets for further characterization in the near future. After introducing the state-of.-the-art techniques used to detect those planets, I will focus on some of the most promising by highlighting in particular the challenges posed by stellar activity and spectroscopical observational sampling for a proper characterization of their bulk composition.

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