Astrophysics with the laser interferometer space antenna

P Amaro-Seoane, J Andrews, M Arca Sedda… - Living Reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

Stellar obliquities in exoplanetary systems

SH Albrecht, RI Dawson, JN Winn - Publications of the …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The rotation of a star and the revolutions of its planets are not necessarily aligned. This
article reviews the measurement techniques, key findings, and theoretical interpretations …

The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)-IV. Planetary systems around low-mass stars

R Burn, M Schlecker, C Mordasini… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Previous theoretical works on planet formation around low-mass stars have often
been limited to large planets and individual systems. As current surveys routinely detect …

The occurrence and architecture of exoplanetary systems

JN Winn, DC Fabrycky - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The basic geometry of the Solar System—the shapes, spacings, and orientations of the
planetary orbits—has long been a subject of fascination as well as inspiration for planet …

The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG-XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting …

AS Bonomo, S Desidera, S Benatti, F Borsa… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
We carried out a Bayesian homogeneous determination of the orbital parameters of 231
transiting giant planets (TGPs) that are alone or have distant companions; we employed …

Tidal Love numbers of Kerr black holes

A Le Tiec, M Casals, E Franzin - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
The open question of whether a Kerr black hole can become tidally deformed or not has
profound implications for fundamental physics and gravitational-wave astronomy. We …

The orbit of WASP-12b is decaying

SW Yee, JN Winn, HA Knutson, KC Patra… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
WASP-12b is a transiting hot Jupiter on a 1.09 day orbit around a late-F star. Since the
planet's discovery in 2008, the time interval between transits has been decreasing by 29±2 …

Tidal dissipation in evolving low-mass and solar-type stars with predictions for planetary orbital decay

AJ Barker - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We study tidal dissipation in stars with masses in the range 0.1–1.6 M⊙ throughout their
evolution, including turbulent effective viscosity acting on equilibrium tides and inertial …

Population-level eccentricity distributions of imaged exoplanets and brown dwarf companions: dynamical evidence for distinct formation channels

BP Bowler, SC Blunt, EL Nielsen - The Astronomical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The orbital eccentricities of directly imaged exoplanets and brown dwarf companions
provide clues about their formation and dynamical histories. We combine new high-contrast …

Post-main-sequence planetary system evolution

D Veras - Royal Society Open Science, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The fates of planetary systems provide unassailable insights into their formation and
represent rich cross-disciplinary dynamical laboratories. Mounting observations of post-main …