Report of the Working Group on Detection Methods
Abstract
A group of about fifteen interested scientists spent two long sessions discussing issues related to detecting extrasolar planets, particularly ones of roughly terrestrial size. We arrived at several recommendations, principally: (1) Radial velocity measurement precision should be pushed to its limits, presumably those set by the astrophysics of stars. (2) Data policies for upcoming planet-finding space missions must be written so they do not encourage premature or mistaken discovery announcements. (3) Ground-based transit searches would benefit enormously if some adequately-funded institution would take the lead in fielding a coherent and well-engineered world-wide network of telescopes for this purpose. We should attempt to build international consensus and support for this idea.
- Publication:
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ISSI Scientific Reports Series
- Pub Date:
- 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006ISSIR...6..227B
- Keywords:
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- Exoplanets;
- detection of exoplanets