Studies of Solar System Planetesimals and Extra-Solar Planets: Occultations and Transits enabled by novel fast CCD cameras

在这项研究中，研究人员正在开发一种新的、非常快速的相机系统，用于非常快速的多物体测光，并利用这种新能力利用凌日技术对太阳系外行星候选者进行新的研究。他们将了解更多关于其他恒星周围行星的普遍性，以及我们的行星系统和其他行星系统之间的关系。寻找的特征是由于行星在这些恒星周围的轨道上凌日而导致的磁场恒星通量的短暂减少。迫切需要尽可能频繁地对许多恒星进行光度计测量。因此，该计划的一个主要部分包括开发一种运行速度非常快的新型CCD相机。相机工作的主要目标是拥有一个基于单帧传输CCD的相机，可以非常快速地监测一颗恒星，并且具有10000分之一的相对光度测量精度。更广泛的影响。有一项国际合作，这需要与台湾、韩国和智利的同事建立密切的工作关系，使学生接触这些国家的文化，并使他们学会如何在不熟悉的环境中工作。

0407260PI AlcockIn this research the investigators are developing a new, very fast camera system for very rapid, multi-object photometry, and are exploiting this new capability for new studies of extra-solar planet candidates using the transit technique. They will learn more about the prevalence of planets around other stars, and the relationship between our planetary system and other planetary systems. The signatures searched for are brief reductions in flux of field stars due to the transits by planets in orbit around these stars. There is a compelling need to photometer many stars as frequently as possible. For this reason, a major part of this program comprises the development of a novel CCD camera which can operate very quickly. The main goal of the camera effort is to have a camera based on one frame-transfer CCD that can monitor one star very quickly and with the exquisite precision of one part in 10,000 relative photometry. Broader impact. There is an international collaboration, which requires close working relationships with colleagues in Taiwan, South Korea, and Chile, exposing the students to the cultures of these nations, and allowing them to learn how to work in unfamiliar environments.