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What do Multiple Planet Systems Teach us about Planet Formation?
Eric B. Ford
For centuries, our knowledge of planetary systems and ideas about planet formation were based on a single example, our solar system. During the last thirteen years, the discovery o…
Improving the Efficiency of Markov Chain Monte Carlo for Analyzing the Orbits of Extrasolar Planets
Eric B. Ford
Precise radial velocity measurements have led to the discovery of ~170 extrasolar planetary systems. Understanding the uncertainties in the orbital solutions will become increasing…
On the Relation Between Hot Jupiters & the Roche Limit
Eric B. Ford, Frederic A. Rasio
Many of the known extrasolar planets are ``hot Jupiters,'' giant planets with orbital periods of just a few days. We use the observed distribution of hot Jupiters to constrain the…
On the relation between Hot-Jupiters and the Roche Limit
Eric B. Ford, Frederic A. Rasio
Many of the known extrasolar planets are ``hot Jupiters,'' giant planets with orbital periods of just a few days. We use the observed distribution of hot Jupiters to constrain the…
The Effects of Multiple Companions on the Efficiency of the SIM Planet Searches
Eric B. Ford
The Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) is expected to make precise astrometric measurements that can be used to detect low mass planets around nearby stars. Since most nearby stars…
Vegetation's Red Edge: A Possible Spectroscopic Biosignature of Extraterrestrial Plants
Sara Seager, Edwin L. Turner, Justin Schafer +1
Earth's deciduous plants have a sharp order-of-magnitude increase in leaf reflectance between approximately 700 and 750 nm wavelength. This strong reflectance of Earth's vegetation…