An improved method for estimating the masses of stars with transiting planets

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 516, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Enoch, B ^a   Collier Cameron, A ^a   Parley, N R ^a   Hebb, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

planetary systems

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STARS;

ANALYSIS RESULTS; BINARY DATA; EXOPLANET; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; HOST-STARS; IMPROVED METHODS; ISOCHRONES; LIGHT CURVES; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MASS CALIBRATIONS; METALLICITIES; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLANETARY SYSTEM; POLYNOMIAL FIT; STELLAR MASS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957827731     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014326     Document Type: Article

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