Course Identification

Title:

Exoplanetary Dynamics

Code:

20232241

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Oded Aharonson, Dr. Yair Judkovsky

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2023

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Wednesday, 09:15 - 11:00, Sussman, Magaritz Rm

Tutorials
Monday, 14:15 - 16:00, Sussman, Magaritz Rm

First Lecture:

09/11/2022

End date:

10/02/2023

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Chemical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Core; 3.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

30

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

30%

Assignments:

40%

Final:

30%

Evaluation Type

Take-home exam

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

19/02/2023

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

Take-home exam on Feb 19-20.

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

4

Syllabus

Suggested Text Book: Solar System Dynamics, Murray & Dermott, 1999

Syllabus

1. Introduction, exoplanetary dynamics

2-body motion
Solar system structure - brief view, orbit in plane, orbit in space

2. 3-body problem

restricted, coplanar, 3-body problem

3-6. N-body dynamics

Numerical methods
Analytic methods
Secular motion
Resonant and near-resonant motion

7. Exoplanet detection methods

Transits, RV, and other methods

8. Transit Variations

TTV due to near-resonant interactions

9. Additional Transit Variations

Impact parameter, degeneracies,

10-11. Tides and rotational deformation

Planetary deformation, dissipation mechanisms

12-13. Exoplanets population from a dynamics point of view

Hot Jupiters, radius gap, Neptune desert, period ratio distribution, resonant repulsion, USPs, fingerprints of dissipation

Learning Outcomes

Students will receive a broad overview of dynamical aspects of exoplanet science.

They will learn numerical and analytical approaches to relevant problem-solving.

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A