TY - CHAP
T1 - Expanding beyond the solar system
T2 - Current observation and theory
AU - Yamada, Ko
AU - Inaba, Satoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This work was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 25800250.
Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Galaxies, stars, and planets have captivated and inspired human minds for centuries. A relatively young discovery in our universe is so-called extrasolar planets. First discovered in 1995, these planets travel in great distances, far outside of our solar system. A major challenge in extrasolar planet research is that these planets are extremely difficult to detect. Indeed, in many situations, this challenge demands great ingenuity when it comes to data analysis and information processing. The motivation in this chapter is to describe the general environment in which these challenges take place. In the course of this exploration, the reader is going to travel deep into our universe where silent messengers such as the COROT or Kepler space satellites communicate with us silently, reliably, and continuously in order to increase our understanding about the formation of planets, our solar system, and our universe at large.
AB - Galaxies, stars, and planets have captivated and inspired human minds for centuries. A relatively young discovery in our universe is so-called extrasolar planets. First discovered in 1995, these planets travel in great distances, far outside of our solar system. A major challenge in extrasolar planet research is that these planets are extremely difficult to detect. Indeed, in many situations, this challenge demands great ingenuity when it comes to data analysis and information processing. The motivation in this chapter is to describe the general environment in which these challenges take place. In the course of this exploration, the reader is going to travel deep into our universe where silent messengers such as the COROT or Kepler space satellites communicate with us silently, reliably, and continuously in order to increase our understanding about the formation of planets, our solar system, and our universe at large.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-59090-5_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-59090-5_2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85029412521
T3 - Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing
SP - 29
EP - 50
BT - Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing
PB - Springer London
ER -