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Review of Detecting of the Extrasolar Planets with Transit Method
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M.Sc. Thesis
Sharif University of Technology
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Rahvar, Sohrab
(Supervisor)
Abstract
One of the beautiful branches of Astrophysics is studing of binary systems and specially eclipsing binary sytems which is included transiting eclipsing extrasolar planets. Detecting of extrasolar planets with transit method is based on which a planet orbits around a star and when its orbit alignment is such that planet along our line of sight across disk of star, it causes eclipse of star and a drop in star’s brightness and from this we can find the existence of a planet. In analysis of observational light curve (obtained from data acquisition with photometry method) a synthetic light curve, constructed from a theoretical model which is based on transit, planet and star geometry, is...
Probing the Universe with Gravitational Microlensing
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Rahvar, Sohrab (Supervisor) ; Sajadian, Sedigheh (Co-Supervisor)
Abstract
Gravitational microlensing is one of the experimental tests to confirm the theory of general relativity. In this phenomenon, the light of the source star is deflected by the gravitational field of the foreground star which plays the role of the lens. As a result of this deviation, images of source star are formed on the sky plane. The observer records the light of the source star as a variable with time. The gravitational microlensing illustrates the possibility to discover extrasolar planets, study the atmosphere of stars, and probe the nature of Dark matter. In this thesis, at first, we introduce the basic concepts of gravitational microlensing and its history. Then by simulation of...