Exoplanets with Radial Velocities and Transits: an Overview
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Tuesday 9th
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Exoplanets with Radial Velocities and Transits: an Overview
In this contribution, I will present the rapidly-growing population of exoplanets detected via radial velocities and transits. These complementary techniques allow us to obtain both radii and true masses, enabling in turn a study of the likely compositions of these planets. I will focus on some of the emerging sub-groups and what they can tell us, such as: warm giant planets and how they inform our understanding of giant planet formation; super-Earths and mini-Neptunes straddling the radius gap; and the push towards the detection of true Earth-twins.