On Using the Rossiter Effect to Detect Terrestrial Planets
Astrophysics
2009-06-25 v1
Abstract
We explore the possibility that the transit signature of an Earth-size planet can be detected in spectroscopic velocity shifts via the Rossiter effect. Under optimistic but not unrealistic conditions, it should be possible to detect a large terrestrial-size planet. While not suitable for discovering planets, this method can be used to confirm suspected planets.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0707.2407,
title = {On Using the Rossiter Effect to Detect Terrestrial Planets},
author = {W. F. Welsh and J. A. Orosz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.2407},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 6 figures; Figure 2 in the conference proceeding did not reproduce well, so three panels from that 9-panel figure are shown here