The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for exoplanets

Joshua N. Winn

doi:10.1017/S1743921311020230

The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for exoplanets

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Abstract

There are now more than 35 stars with transiting planets for which the stellar obliquity-or more precisely its sky projection-has been measured, via the eponymous effect of Rossiter and McLaughlin. The history of these measurements is intriguing. For 8 years a case was gradually building that the orbits of hot Jupiters are always well-aligned with the rotation of their parent stars. Then in a sudden reversal, many misaligned systems were found, and it now seems that even retrograde systems are not uncommon. I review the measurement technique underlying these discoveries, the patterns that have emerged from the data, and the implications for theories of planet formation and migration.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution
Editors	Alessandro Sozzetti, Mario Lattanzi, Alan Boss
Pages	230-237
Number of pages	8
Edition	S276
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921311020230
State	Published - Oct 2010
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Number	S276
Volume	6
ISSN (Print)	1743-9213
ISSN (Electronic)	1743-9221

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

Planetary systems
Planetary systems: formation
Stars: rotation

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The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for exoplanets. / Winn, Joshua N.

The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution. ed. / Alessandro Sozzetti; Mario Lattanzi; Alan Boss. S276. ed. 2010. p. 230-237 (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; Vol. 6, No. S276).

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