COMMISSION 30: RADIAL VELOCITIES
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Published:2008-12
Issue:T27A
Volume:4
Page:316-325
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ISSN:1743-9213
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Container-title:Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Proc. IAU
Author:
Udry Stephane,Torres Guillermo,Nordström Birgitta,Fekel Francis C.,Freeman Kenneth C.,Glushkova Elena V.,Marcy Geoffrey W.,Nordström Birgitta,Mathieu Robert D.,Pourbaix Dimitri,Turon Catherine,Zwitter Tomaz
Abstract
This three-year period has seen considerable activity in the Commission, with a wide range of applications of radial velocities as well as a significant push toward higher precision. The latter has been driven in large part by the exciting research on extrasolar planets. This field is now on the verge of detecting Earth-mass bodies around nearby stars, as demonstrated by recent work summarized below, and radial velocities continue to play a central role.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Astronomy and Astrophysics,Space and Planetary Science
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