Searching for planets in binary star systems

我的研究重点是使用径向速度方法发现系外行星，特别是在双星系统周围。双星系统将影响其周围的原行星盘，提供了比单星系统更常见的替代行星形成路径，从而揭示了哪一种可能更常见。到目前为止，只发现了几颗这样的“外双星”行星，预计还会有更多的行星存在。发现这些行星可能会揭示有关行星系统形成和演化的重要信息。这反过来可以为我们提供一个关于我们自己的太阳系是如何形成的更好的想法。这项研究将利用由望远镜收集的数据，例如位于智利拉西拉天文台的高精度径向速度行星搜索器(HARPS)，以及安装在法国普罗旺斯上普罗旺斯天文台1.93米上的索菲光谱仪。

My research focuses on exoplanet discovery using the radial velocity method, specifically around binary star systems. Binary systems will affect their surrounding protoplanetary disk providing an alternate planetary formation path than single star systems, thus revealing which may be more common. Only a few of these "circumbinary" planets have been discovered so far, with many more expected to exist. Finding these planets could reveal vital information on the formation and evolution of planetary systems. Which could in turn provide us with a better idea as to how our own Solar system formed. This research will utilise data collected by telescopes such as the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) a spectrograph located at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, and from the SOPHIE spectrograph, mounted on the 1.93m at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence, in France.