Sunday, March 10, 2013

Star-planet interactions and selection effects from planet detection methods. (arXiv:1303.0307v1 [astro-ph.SR])

Star-planet interactions and selection effects from planet detection methods. (arXiv:1303.0307v1 [astro-ph.SR]):
Planets may have effects on their host stars by tidal or magnetic
interaction. Such star-planet interactions are thought to enhance the activity
level of the host star. However, stellar activity also affects the sensitivity
of planet detection methods. Samples of planet-hosting stars which are
investigated for such star-planet interactions are therefore subject to strong
selection effects which need to be taken into account.


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