Characterizing Young Stellar Systems And Their Suitability For Radial Velocity-Driven Exoplanet Detection

dc.contributor.advisorJohns-Krull, Christopher Men_US
dc.creatorStahl, Asaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T14:47:49Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-08-09T14:47:49Zen_US
dc.date.created2023-05en_US
dc.date.issued2023-03-15en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2023en_US
dc.date.updated2023-08-09T14:47:49Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThe detection and characterization of planets around young stars presents a direct window into some of the most transformative and poorly understood processes of planet evolution, such as formation mechanisms, disk migration, and (perhaps) gap formation. Radial velocity detections can be particularly powerful for a number of reasons, not least of which is their ability to directly constrain planet masses and eccentricities. Yet despite RV analysis’ prolific track record when applied to main sequence stars, employing it to search for planets around young stars has proven exceptionally difficult because of stellar activity. This thesis is dedicated to the development and application of multiwavelength tools for RV planet searches as well as to enlarging the sample of young stars suitable for such searches. It presents work that forwards these causes in three ways: first, by presenting three software pipelines that measure RVs from reduced spectra taken with three different instruments; second, by validating a sample of young stars through follow-up spectroscopy and photometry; and third, by performing a multiwavelength RV planet search of several accreting and non-accreting T-Tauri stars.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationStahl, Asa. "Characterizing Young Stellar Systems And Their Suitability For Radial Velocity-Driven Exoplanet Detection." (2023) Diss., Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/115074.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/115074en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectexoplanetsen_US
dc.subjectt-tauri starsen_US
dc.subjectstellar activityen_US
dc.subjectradial velocityen_US
dc.subjectinfrareden_US
dc.titleCharacterizing Young Stellar Systems And Their Suitability For Radial Velocity-Driven Exoplanet Detectionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics and Astronomyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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