Bryant, Edward Michael (2022) Studying transiting exoplanets with NGTS and TESS. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

Studying exoplanets enables us to better understand our place in the Universe. Transiting exoplanets, where the planet passes in front of its host star, provide us with a great wealth of information on the properties of the planet. In this thesis, I use high precision photometry from the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to discover and characterise transiting exoplanets. I also include spectroscopic observations to monitor the radial velocity of the host stars in order to measure the planet mass.

I present the discovery of NGTS-12 b, a 1.05 RJ transiting exoplanet orbiting a

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Extrasolar planets, Extrasolar planets -- Observations, Astronomical photometry, Planets -- Origin, Gaussian processes
Official Date:	April 2022
Dates:	Date Event April 2022 UNSPECIFIED
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Physics
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Bayliss, Daniel, (Researcher in physics)
Format of File:	pdf
Extent:	xii, 188 leaves : illustrations, charts
Language:	eng

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