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Spin-orbit alignment of exoplanet systems: analysis of an ensemble of asteroseismic observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Tiago L. Campante
Tiago L. Campante*
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK email: campante@bison.ph.bham.ac.uk Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Abstract

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Measuring the obliquities of exoplanet-host stars provides invaluable diagnostic information for theories of planetary formation and migration. Most of these results have so far been obtained by measuring the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect, clearly favoring systems that harbor hot Jupiters. While it would be extremely helpful to extend these measurements to long-period and multiple-planet systems, it is also true that the latter systems tend to involve smaller planets, making it ever so difficult to apply such techniques. Asteroseismology provides a powerful method of determining the inclination of the stellar spin axis — from an analysis of the rotationally-induced splittings of the oscillation modes — whose applicability is ultimately determined by the stellar parameters and not by the signal-to-noise ratio of the transit data. Here we present the first statistical analysis of an ensemble of asteroseismic obliquity measurements obtained for solar-type stars with transiting planets. The sample consists of 25 Kepler planet-candidate host stars, 14 of which are multi-transiting systems. We seek empirical constraints on the spin-orbit alignment of exoplanet systems and discuss the implications for theories of planetary formation and migration.

Keywords

asteroseismologymethods: statisticalplanetary systemsplanets and satellites: generalstars: solar-typetechniques: photometric
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29B: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , pp. 636 - 641
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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