The Doppler Method for the Detection of Exoplanets. Professor Artie Hatzes

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      The Doppler Method for the Detection of Exoplanets

       A P Hatzes

       Thüringen Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Sternwarte 5, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany

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      ISBN 978-0-7503-1689-7 (ebook)

      ISBN 978-0-7503-1687-3 (print)

      ISBN 978-0-7503-1774-0 (myPrint)

      ISBN 978-0-7503-1688-0 (mobi)

      DOI 10.1088/2514-3433/ab46a3

      Version: 20191201

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      ISSN 2514-3433 (online)

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      AAS-IOP Astronomy

      2018

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      Contents

       Preface

       Acknowledgments

       Author biography

       1 Introduction

       1.1 The Dawn of Doppler Measurements

       1.2 Early Work on Stellar Radial Velocity Measurements

       1.3 Toward Precise Stellar Radial Velocity Measurements

       1.4 The Early Hints of Exoplanets

       1.5 The 51 Peg Revolution

       1.6 The Doppler Method

       References

       2 The Instruments for Doppler Measurements

       2.1 Echelle Spectrographs

       2.1.1 Gratings

       2.1.2 Cross-dispersers

       2.1.3 Dispersion and Spectral Resolution

       2.1.4 The Blaze Function

       2.1.5 Scattered Light

       2.2 Fourier Transform Spectrometers

       2.3 Charge-coupled Device Detectors

       2.3.1 The Structure and Operation of a CCD

       2.3.2 Quantum Efficiency

       2.3.3 Bias Level

       2.3.4 Gain

       2.3.5 Readout Noise and Dark Current

       2.3.6 Charge Transfer Efficiency

       2.3.7 Linearity

       2.3.8 Flat Fielding

       2.3.9