The Demographics of Wide-Separation Planets

Abstract

I begin this review by first defining what is meant by exoplanet demographics, and then motivating why we would like as broad a picture of exoplanet demographics as possible. I then outline the methodology and pitfalls to measuring exoplanet demographics in practice. I next review the methods of detecting exoplanets, focusing on the ability of these methods to detect wide separation planets. For the purposes of this review, I define wide separation as separations beyond the 'snow line' of the protoplanetary disk, which is at roughly $\sim 3$ au for a sunlike star. I note that this definition is somewhat arbitrary, and the practical boundary depends on the host star mass, planet mass and radius, and detection method. I review the approximate scaling relations for the signal-to-noise ratio for the detectability of exoplanets as a function of the relevant physical parameters, including the host star properties. I provide abroad overview of what has already been learned from the transit, radial velocity, direct imaging, and microlensing methods. I outline the challenges to synthesizing the demographics using different methods and discuss some preliminary first steps in this direction. Finally, I describe future prospects for providing a nearly complete statistical census of exoplanets.

arXiv comment69 pages, 17 Figures. Review chapter to appear in the Lecture Notes of the 3rd Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science (Editors L. Mancini, K. Biazzo, V. Bozza, A. Sozzetti)

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