Statistical methods for exoplanet detection with radial velocities

NC Hara, EB Ford - Annual Review of Statistics and Its …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Exoplanets can be detected with various observational techniques. Among them, radial
velocity (RV) has the key advantages of revealing the architecture of planetary systems and …

The EXPRES stellar signals project II. State of the field in disentangling photospheric velocities

LL Zhao, DA Fischer, EB Ford, A Wise… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Measured spectral shifts due to intrinsic stellar variability (eg, pulsations, granulation) and
activity (eg, spots, plages) are the largest source of error for extreme-precision radial-velocity …

The Extreme Stellar-signals Project. III. Combining Solar Data from HARPS, HARPS-N, EXPRES, and NEID

LL Zhao, X Dumusque, EB Ford, J Llama… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an analysis of Sun-as-a-star observations from four different high-resolution,
stabilized spectrographs—HARPS, HARPS-N, EXPRES, and NEID. With simultaneous …

Fishing for Planets: A Comparative Analysis of EPRV Survey Performance in the Presence of Correlated Noise

AF Gupta, M Bedell - The Astronomical Journal, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
With dedicated exoplanet surveys underway for multiple extreme-precision radial velocity
(EPRV) instruments, the near-future prospects of RV exoplanet science are promising …

Precise Radial Velocities Using Line Bisectors

D Deming, J Llama, G Fu - The Astronomical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the properties of line bisectors in the spectrum of the Sun-as-a-star, as observed
using the Integrated Sunlight Spectrometer (ISS) of the SOLIS project. Our motivation is to …

EXPRES. IV. Two Additional Planets Orbiting ρ Coronae Borealis Reveal Uncommon System Architecture

JM Brewer, LL Zhao, DA Fischer… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Thousands of exoplanet detections have been made over the last 25 years using Doppler
observations, transit photometry, direct imaging, and astrometry. Each of these methods is …

Data reduction pipeline and performance for the Palomar radial velocity instrument

RK Gibson, R Oppenheimer, R Nilsson… - Journal of …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We describe the data reduction pipeline (DRP) for the Palomar Radial Velocity instrument
(PARVI). PARVI is a fiber-fed, high-resolution J and H band spectrometer that targets cool …

Quiet Please: Detrending Radial Velocity Variations from Stellar Activity with a Physically Motivated Spot Model

JC Siegel, S Halverson, JK Luhn, LL Zhao… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
For solar-type stars, spots and their associated magnetic regions induce radial velocity
perturbations through the Doppler rotation signal and the suppression of convective …

The Lowell Observatory Solar Telescope: A fiber feed into the EXtreme PREcision Spectrometer

J Llama, LL Zhao, JM Brewer… - Ground-based and …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The signal induced by a temperate, terrestrial planet orbiting a Sun-like star is an order of
magnitude smaller than the host stars' intrinsic variability. Understanding stellar activity is …

[图书][B] PARVI: The Little Spectrograph That Could

RK Gibson - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Measuring periodic changes in the line-of-sight velocities of stars via spectroscopy (the
“radial velocity technique”) is a well-established method to detect planets orbiting stars other …