Exoplanet statistics and theoretical implications

W Zhu, S Dong - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
In the past few years, significant advances have been made in understanding the
distributions of exoplanet populations and the architecture of planetary systems. We review …

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 …

Planet formation theory in the era of ALMA and Kepler: from pebbles to exoplanets

J Drazkowska, B Bitsch, M Lambrechts… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Our understanding of planet formation has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The
classical planet formation theory, developed when the only known planetary system was our …

A super-Earth and a mini-Neptune near the 2: 1 MMR straddling the radius valley around the nearby mid-M dwarf TOI-2096

FJ Pozuelos, M Timmermans, BV Rackham… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Several planetary formation models have been proposed to explain the observed
abundance and variety of compositions of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes. In this context …

Architecture of hierarchical stellar systems and their formation

A Tokovinin - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accumulation of new data on stellar hierarchical systems and the progress in numerical
simulations of their formation open the door to genetic classification of these systems, where …

The orbital eccentricity distribution of planets orbiting M dwarfs

S Sagear, S Ballard - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
We investigate the underlying distribution of orbital eccentricities for planets around early-to-
mid M dwarf host stars. We employ a sample of 163 planets around early-to mid-M dwarfs …

The TESS-Keck Survey. XI. Mass Measurements for Four Transiting Sub-Neptunes Orbiting K Dwarf TOI–1246

EV Turtelboom, LM Weiss, CD Dressing… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Multiplanet systems are valuable arenas for investigating exoplanet architectures and
comparing planetary siblings. TOI-1246 is one such system, with a moderately bright K dwarf …

Architectures of compact super-Earth systems shaped by instabilities

M Goldberg, K Batygin - The Astronomical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Compact nonresonant systems of sub-Jovian planets are the most common outcome of the
planet formation process. Despite exhibiting broad overall diversity, these planets also …

Split Peas in a Pod: Intra-system Uniformity of Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes

SC Millholland, JN Winn - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The planets within compact multiplanet systems tend to have similar sizes, masses, and
orbital period ratios, like" peas in a pod." This pattern was detected when considering …

Rossiter-McLaughlin detection of the 9-month period transiting exoplanet HIP41378 d

S Grouffal, A Santerne, V Bourrier, X Dumusque… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
The Rossiter-McLaughlin (RM) effect is a method that allows us to measure the orbital
obliquity of planets, which is an important constraint that has been used to understand the …