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This lecture series will offer an introduction into exoplanetary research. We will start with historical overview and
then go to description of methods to detect exoplanets. We will also describe the most modern instrumentation
used to detect and characterize exoplanets. In the second half of the series, various types of exoplanets will be
described along with the introduction into formation theories. The lecture will end with an outlook into open topics
in exoplanetary research.
Last update: Vokrouhlický David, prof. RNDr., DrSc. (02.04.2020)
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This lecture series will offer an introduction into exoplanetary research. We will start with historical overview and then go to description of methods to detect exoplanets. We will also describe the most modern instrumentation used to detect and characterize exoplanets. In the second half of the series, various types of exoplanets will be described along with the introduction into formation theories. The lecture will end with an outlook into open topics in exoplanetary research.
Exoplanetary research is dynamicaly developing topics in modern astrophysics. The half of the Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded for the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star only 25 years after the discovery. We are on the path from detection of exoplanets to newly to characterization of their surface or atmospheres. We are now moving towards detection of habitability of exoplanets.
We will offer also a lecture and an observing session with Ondřejov Echelle Spectrograph which confirmed and characterised the first TESS Brown dwarf (Šubjak et al. 2020, AJ in press.). Last update: Ďurech Josef, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (31.03.2020)
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Peryman - Exoplanet Handbook, Cambridge Univ. Press (2018), ISBN: 9781108419772 Sagan - Cosmos : The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation, ISBN: 0349107033 Winn - Transits and Occultations, https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.2010 Last update: Ďurech Josef, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (31.03.2020)
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1. History of search for exoplanets. Precise radial velocity measurements and what preceded the discovery of the 51 Peg b. 2. Methods of detection of exoplanets – spectroscopy and radial velocities, photometry, eclipses and direct imaging, the role of adaptive optics 3. Which detection methods are most successful? How to combine them the most efficient way? 4. The role of space missions 5. Instrumentations used for detection of exoplanets 6. Exoplanets and statistics 7. Mass and radius diagram of exoplanets 8. Exoplanetary systems and their evolution (and brown dwarfs) 9. Characterisation of exoplanetary atmospheres 10. Exoplanets and habitability 11. Influence of host stars on exoplanets 12. What can we expect on the field of exoplanetary research – discussion
One lecture will be held in Ondřejov and an observing session can be arranged for interested students Last update: Ďurech Josef, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (31.03.2020)
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