Browsing by Subject "radial velocity"

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    • Large Radial Velocity Searches and Chemical Abundance Studies of Exoplanet-Hosting Stars 
      Mack, Claude Ernest III (2014-12-30)
      Department: Physics
      In the era of large-scale surveys for exoplanets, it is important to be aware of the pernicious false positives that can contaminate survey samples. In this dissertation, it is shown that all radial velocity surveys for ...
    • Measuring Radial Velocities of Low Mass Eclipsing Binaries 
      Rattray, Rebecca (Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2011-04)
      Due to the complex nature of the spectra of low-mass M type stars, it is difficult to determine their metallicities and temperatures directly. By studying eclipsing binary pairs comprising one F, G, or K type star with ...