Essays about: "Joel Wallenius"

Found 2 essays containing the words Joel Wallenius.

  1. 1. Secular oscillations and Kozai cycles in planetary systems

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Joel Wallenius; [2014]
    Keywords : Kozai effect; Kozai mechanism; secular oscillations; hot Jupiters; planets; planetary systems; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : The origin of the class of exoplanets typically referred to as hot Jupiters is to this day an unsettled matter. Some of the proposed formation channels predict certain values of the spin-orbit misalignment parameter, i.e. the angle between the stellar rotation axis, and the angular momentum vector of the planet orbit. READ MORE

  3. 2. Unearthing exoplanets

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation; Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Joel Wallenius; [2012]
    Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : This is a bachelor thesis bent on introducing the field of exoplanet research. It primarily includes descriptions of the various detection methods, with some detail into how the methods yield parameter estimates by means of least-squares algorithms. READ MORE