Stellar activity and transits
arXiv:2104.06173
Abstract
From an observational standpoint, stellar activity poses a critical challenge to exoplanet science, as it inhibits the detection of planets and the precise measurement of their parameters. Radial velocity and transit searches revealed a significant fraction of exoplanet hosts is active, and showed the need to fully understand the different facets of stellar activity and its impact on observables. Moreover, the activity correction is of prime importance for the detection and characterisation of Earth analogues. We present a review of the effects that stellar activity features such as starspots, faculae, and stellar granulation have on photometric and low-resolution spectroscopic observations of exoplanets, and discuss the main aspects of the techniques which were developed to reduce their impact.
arXiv commentProceedings of the Evry Schatzman School 2019 "Interactions star-planet". EDP, Eds Bigot, Bouvier, Lebreton, Chiavassa. 26 pages + bibliography, 15 figures
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