DR. JONTOF-HUTTER WILL LEAD THE ANALYSIS OF ORBITAL PERIOD RATIOS AND TESTS FOR ORBITAL STABILITY. HE WILL QUANTIFY THE DETECTION BIASES ON THE MULTIPLICITY OF ULTRA-SHORT PERIOD PLANETS AND THE EVIDENCE THAT SHORT-PERIOD SINGLE PLANETS ARE DRAWN FROM A POPULATION OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS WITH HIGHER MUTUAL INCLINATIONS AND WHETHER SUCH SINGLES CAN BE LINKED TO THE EXPECTED TIDAL PROPERTIES OF THE HOST STARS.
$78,122FY2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA
University Of The Pacific, Stockton CA