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基于空间的微透镜行星搜索

Space based microlensing planet searches

J. P. Beaulieu, P. Tisserand, V. Batista

摘要:

太阳系外行星的发现可以说是过去15年来天体物理学中最令人兴奋的发展,只有暗能量的探测可以与之媲美。两个项目将系外行星科学家和宇宙学家群体联合起来:拟议的欧空局M级任务EUCLID和大型空间任务WFIRST,后者在《2010年天文学十年期调查报告》中排名第一。后者指出:“天基微透镜是在可能的半长轴范围内对银河系中的行星系进行真正统计普查的最佳方法。”他们还补充说:“这次普查,加上开普勒任务的普查,将确定类地行星在广泛的轨道参数范围内有多常见。我们将提出一份关于系外行星微透镜效应所获得结果的现状报告,以及下一代地基宽视场成像仪网络的新目标。最后,我们将讨论基于空间的微透镜在2020-2025年的前景。

英文摘要:

The discovery of extra-solar planets is arguably the most exciting development in astrophysics during the past 15 years, rivalled only by the detection of dark energy. Two projects unite the communities of exoplanet scientists and cosmologists: the proposed ESA M class mission EUCLID and the large space mission WFIRST, top ranked by the Astronomy 2010 Decadal Survey report. The later states that: "Space-based microlensing is the optimal approach to providing a true statistical census of planetary systems in the Galaxy, over a range of likely semi-major axes". They also add: "This census, combined with that made by the Kepler mission, will determine how common Earth-like planets are over a wide range of orbital parameters". We will present a status report of the results obtained by microlensing on exoplanets and the new objectives of the next generation of ground based wide field imager networks. We will finally discuss the fantastic prospect offered by space based microlensing at the horizon 2020-2025.

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