Exoplanets with HET and Kepler: Multiplanet Systems Near and Far

Pi和他的团队计划使用升级后的Hobby-Eberly望远镜高分辨率光谱仪(HETHRS)获得高分辨率(1-2m/S)恒星光谱，并利用开普勒数据库利用径向速度技术发现新的行星。他们将首先测量新升级的HET HRS系统的吞吐量，建立开普勒的目标名单，然后他们将对数百颗主恒星进行2AU的气态和冰态巨星普查，包括搜索内部岩石类地行星。该项目将对系外行星社区产生更广泛的影响，因为该项目将在两名本科生的帮助下维护和扩展在线系外行星轨道数据库和系外行星数据探索者网络工具。他还计划在网站上增加教育活动。他还将指导一名研究和管理方面的博士后助理。

The PI and his team plans to use the upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope High Resolution Spectrograph (HET HRS) to obtain high resolution (1-2 m/s) spectra of stars, and to use the Kepler database in order to discover new planets using the radial velocity technique. They will first measure the throughput of the newly upgraded HET HRS system, establish a target list from Kepler, and then they will conduct a census of gas and ice giants out to 2 AU for hundreds of host stars, including searches for inner rocky Earth-analog planets. The PI has institutional access to the HET.This project will have broader impacts for the exoplanet community in that the PI will maintain and expand the online Exoplanet Orbit Database and Exoplanet Data Explorer web tools with the help of two undergraduate research students. He also plans to add educational activities to the websites. He will also mentor a postdoctoral associate in research and management.