Abstract
The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect occurs during a planet's transit. It provides the main means of measuring the sky-projected spin-orbit angle between a planet's orbital plane and its host star's equatorial plane. Observing the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect is now a near routine procedure. It is an important element in the orbital characterization of transiting exoplanets. Measurements of the spin-orbit angle have revealed a surprising diversity, far from the placid, Kantian, and Laplacian ideals, whereby planets form, and remain, on orbital planes coincident with their star's equator. This chapter will review a short history of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect, how it is modeled, and will summarize the current state of the field before describing other uses for a spectroscopic transit and alternative methods of measuring the spin-orbit angle.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Handbook of Exoplanets |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 1375-1401 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319553337 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319553320 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Nov 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences