Exoplanet Working Groups.pptVIP

Exoplanet Working Groups CoRoT Brazil Workshop Natal 2004 : oct 29th – nov 2th Summary on exoplanet discoveries Challenge on the terrestrial planets and the place of CoRoT Present organizing of the Exo WG Exoplanet search main results (RV from 1995 to 2004) 7% of dwarf stars around Sun host giant planets (EGP) Stars with planets have spectral types from F to M Statistical studies become possible (? 130 EGPs) EGP are preferentially found around metal-rich stars Orbital periods range from ~1.5 days to some years Large eccentricities are common ( 0 e 0.927) Planet masses range from 14M? to 10MJup Mass distribution peaks toward small planets Density of the planets is determined in some cases 10 multi-planets discovered (some commensurabilities) Some planets are found in binary star systems Mass/period segregations Parent star metallicity Summary on Giant Planets Commonly form around stars (single or binaries) Have masses in a wide range (0.6 m 10 mJup ) Can be found in the inner part of the system Can have orbits with very large eccentricities ? Strong differences with our Solar System We still do not know how do they form ! Core instability in a layered nebula Gravitational instability in a gas nebula About terrestrial planets Well defined problem adressed in terms of kinetic equations and numerical simulation, both. The standard formation scenario is accretion by planetesimal accumulation (Safronov 1969) Close-in terrestrials: a very “hot” question Planets with mass similar to that of Uranus were recently discovered by RV method (14 – 20 m?) Are they Uranus like (migrated/evaporated) or big terrestrial ? ? Their density (radius) is required CoRoT will permit: To answer the above question To discover other such planets To test a number of emerging models To start statistics of terrestrial planets … Exoplanets:Two Working Groups E.W.G. (Exoplanet Working Group) Coordination of sci. activities Transit detection Stellar “noise” Works on specifi