Detection of retrograde resonances in extrasolar systems

• Grant number: 23/02528-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: September 25, 2023
• End date: March 24, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Positional Astronomy and Celestial Mechanics
• Principal Investigator: Maria Helena Moreira Morais
• Grantee: Alan Cefali Signor
• Supervisor: Alexandre Carlos Morgado Correia
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas (IGCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidade de Coimbra (UC), Portugal
• Associated to the scholarship: 21/11982-5 - Retrograde configurations in extrasolar systems, BP.MS

Abstract

Recent theoretical developments led to the identification of small bodies in retrograde resonances with Solar System planets. However, extrasolar systems may also have planets in retrograde resonant configurations. In the master of science project with grant FAPESP/2021/11982-5 we are studying the stability, viability and detectability of these extrasolar systems. In the proposed BEPE project we will analyze the possibility of detecting extrasolar planets in retrograde resonances using radial velocity data. (AU)