Can planetary instability explain the Kepler dichotomy?
A Johansen, MB Davies, RP Church… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The planet candidates discovered by the Kepler mission provide a rich sample to constrain
the architectures and relative inclinations of planetary systems within approximately 0.5 AU …
the architectures and relative inclinations of planetary systems within approximately 0.5 AU …
Architecture and dynamics of Kepler's candidate multiple transiting planet systems
JJ Lissauer, D Ragozzine, DC Fabrycky… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
About one-third of the∼ 1200 transiting planet candidates detected in the first four months of
Kepler data are members of multiple candidate systems. There are 115 target stars with two …
Kepler data are members of multiple candidate systems. There are 115 target stars with two …
Architecture of Kepler's multi-transiting systems. II. New investigations with twice as many candidates
DC Fabrycky, JJ Lissauer, D Ragozzine… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the orbital architectures of Kepler systems having multiple-planet candidates
identified in the analysis of data from the first six quarters of Kepler data and reported by …
identified in the analysis of data from the first six quarters of Kepler data and reported by …
Oscillations of relative inclination angles in compact extrasolar planetary systems
JC Becker, FC Adams - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The Kepler mission has detected dozens of compact planetary systems with more than four
transiting planets. This sample provides a collection of close-packed planetary systems with …
transiting planets. This sample provides a collection of close-packed planetary systems with …
Hiding planets behind a big friend: Mutual inclinations of multi-planet systems with external companions
D Lai, B Pu - The Astronomical Journal, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The Kepler mission has detected thousands of planetary systems with one to seven
transiting planets packed within 0.7 au from their host stars. There is an apparent excess of …
transiting planets packed within 0.7 au from their host stars. There is an apparent excess of …
Spacing of Kepler planets: sculpting by dynamical instability
B Pu, Y Wu - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the orbital architecture of multi-planet systems detected by the Kepler transit
mission using N-body simulations, focusing on the orbital spacing between adjacent planets …
mission using N-body simulations, focusing on the orbital spacing between adjacent planets …
Five Kepler target stars that show multiple transiting exoplanet candidates
JH Steffen, NM Batalha, WJ Borucki… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present and discuss five candidate exoplanetary systems identified with the Kepler
spacecraft. These five systems show transits from multiple exoplanet candidates. Should …
spacecraft. These five systems show transits from multiple exoplanet candidates. Should …
Spin–orbit misalignment as a driver of the kepler dichotomy
C Spalding, K Batygin - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
During its five-year mission, the Kepler spacecraft has uncovered a diverse population of
planetary systems with orbital configurations ranging from single-transiting planets to …
planetary systems with orbital configurations ranging from single-transiting planets to …
Architecture of planetary systems based on Kepler data: Number of planets and coplanarity
J Fang, JL Margot - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigated the underlying architecture of planetary systems by deriving the distribution
of planet multiplicity (number of planets) and the distribution of orbital inclinations based on …
of planet multiplicity (number of planets) and the distribution of orbital inclinations based on …
Evidence for a nondichotomous solution to the Kepler dichotomy: Mutual inclinations of Kepler planetary systems from transit duration variations
Early analyses of exoplanet statistics from the Kepler mission revealed that a model
population of multiplanet systems with low mutual inclinations (∼ 1–2) adequately describes …
population of multiplanet systems with low mutual inclinations (∼ 1–2) adequately describes …