TY - BOOK ID - 32940557 TI - Exomoons to Galactic Structure : High Precision Studies with the Microlensing and Transit Methods PY - 2018 SN - 3319909576 3319909568 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Physics. KW - Observations, Astronomical. KW - Astronomy KW - Astrobiology. KW - Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. KW - Planetary Sciences. KW - Observations. KW - Extrasolar planets. KW - Exo-planets KW - Exoplanets KW - Extra-solar planets KW - Planets KW - Stars with planets KW - Planetary science. KW - Astrobiology KW - Biology KW - Habitable planets KW - Life KW - Planetary sciences KW - Planetology KW - Origin KW - Astronomy—Observations. KW - Astronomical observations KW - Observations, Astronomical UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32940557 AB - This book presents three major studies covering exomoon and exoplanet detection and characterisation. Firstly, it reports the observations and analysis of the atmosphere of the hot Neptune GJ3470b, one of the lowest-mass planets with a measured atmosphere, using transmission spectroscopy techniques. The result provided improved measurements of Rayleigh scattering in the atmosphere and the first limits on additional planetary companions in the system. The second part discusses modeling a Kepler-like satellite’s ability of a to detect exomoons by looking for transit timing variations and transit duration variations, demonstrating how exomoons can unambiguously be identified from such data.Lastly, the book examines the development of a state-of-the-art Galactic microlensing simulator, which has been made publicly available. It was used to compare with the largest published sample of microlensing events from the MOA-II survey. ER -