Resources
Slides from class (link for students only)
Interactive Notebooks
Potential Readings
Overview of EPRV
Extreme Precision Radial Velocity Working Group Final Report Crass et al. (2021), Executive Summary
Introduction to EPRV Observations & Analysis
Statistical Methods for Exoplanet Detection with Radial Velocities Hara & Ford (2023)
Instrumentation & Wavelength Calibration
Design of NEID, an extreme precision Doppler spectrograph for WIYN Schwab et al. (2016)
A comprehensive radial velocity error budget for next generation Doppler spectrometers Halverson et al. (2016)
Stellar spectroscopy in the near-infrared with a laser frequency comb Metcalf et al. (2019)
Excalibur: A Nonparametric, Hierarchical Wavelength Calibration Method for a Precision Spectrograph Zhao et al. (2021)
Stellar Variability & Activity Indicators
Extreme Precision Radial Velocity Working Group Final Report Crass et al. (2021), Appendix A.2
The Doppler Method for the Detection of Exoplanets Hatzes (2019)
Activity-Related Radial Velocity Variation in Cool Stars Saar & Donahue (1997)
NEID DRP Manual and references therein
Spectrum radial velocity analyser (SERVAL). High-precision radial velocities and two alternative spectral indicators Zechmeister et al. (2018)
Survey Design
Target Prioritization and Observing Strategies for the NEID Earth Twin Survey Gupta et al. (2021)
Impact of Correlated Noise on the Mass Precision of Earth-analog Planets in Radial Velocity Surveys Luhn et al. (2023)
Significance of Exoplanet Detections
Statistical Methods for Exoplanet Detection with Radial Velocities Hara & Ford (2023)
Quantifying the Bayesian Evidence for a Planet in Radial Velocity Data Nelson et al. (2020)
Characterizing Exoplanet Masses & Orbits
Statistical Methods for Exoplanet Detection with Radial Velocities Hara & Ford (2023)
Quantifying the Uncertainty in the Orbits of Extrasolar Planets Ford (2005)
RUN DMC: An Efficient, Parallel Code for Analyzing Radial Velocity Observations Using N-body Integrations and Differential Evolution Markov Chain Monte Carlo Nelson et al. (2014)
Rossiter-McLaughlin effect
The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect in Exoplanet Research Chapter by Triaud in the "Handbook of Exoplanets", ed. H. Deeg & J.A. Belmonte
Machine Learning & Stellar Variability
The EXPRES Stellar Signals Project II. State of the Field in Disentangling Photospheric Velocities Zhao et al. (2022, see appendices)
Sun-as-a-Star Observations
Observing the Sun as a Star: Design and Early Results from the NEID Solar Feed Lin et al. (2022)
Three years of Sun-as-a-star radial-velocity observations on the approach to solar minimum Collier-Cameron et al. (2019)
The magnetically quiet solar surface dominates HARPS-N solar RVs during low activity Lakeland et al. (2024)
Investigating stellar activity through eight years of Sun-as-a-star observations Klein et al. (2024)
The Extreme Stellar-signals Project. III. Combining Solar Data from HARPS, HARPS-N, EXPRES, and NEID Zhao et al. (2023)