Exoplanets in Open Clusters and Binaries: New Constraints on Planetary Migration

In this dissertation, we present three complementary studies of the processes that drive planetary migration. The first is a radial-velocity survey in search of giant planets in adolescent (<1 >Gyr) open clusters. While several different mechanisms may act to drive giant planets inward, only s...

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Main Author: Quinn, Samuel N
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2016
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Online Access:http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/phy_astr_diss/84
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1084&amp;context=phy_astr_diss