Elucidating the evolution histories of giant planets with K2 and TESS

Giant planets play a fundamental role in shaping the architecture of planetary systems and the formation and evolution of smaller planets. Over the last few decades, over 1000 giant planets have been discovered outside the Solar System, yet many open questions remain about their formation and evolution histories. How do close-in giant planets -- the so-called "hot Jupiters" --

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Doctoral

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2019

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• Yu Liang, Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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• Ian Crossfield.

• Physics.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123344

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/123344