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Giammarco Campanella

BSc, EuroMSc(laude)


I am a research student in the Astronomy Unit at Queen Mary University of London. From August 1st 2011, the Astronomy Unit has moved from the School of Mathematical Sciences to the new School of Physics and Astronomy. My primary supervisor is Prof. Richard Nelson.

Research Interests


My scientific interests are focused on extrasolar planets with works and collaborations on the detectability of the moons of these planets (exomoons), spectral retrieval of exoplanetary atmospheres using transit photometry from space (Spitzer Space Telescope) and dynamics of Planetary Systems. Studies on the dynamics of exoplanetary systems are interesting for a number of reasons. They aim to investigate the stability of a system, predict its evolution and understand its origin. Moreover, it may be possible to give constraints on the presence of unseen bodies by surveying the present and future evolution of the orbital parameters of the detected planets. Also, when using the RV method to detect planets a narrow observational windows can lead to not unique solutions and to best-fits representing unrealistic scenarios. The dynamical stability is an additional observable that must be taken into consideration when interpreting the RV data and it turns into a discriminating element especially when the longest orbital period is only partially covered. That gives the possibility of putting limits on the masses and orbital elements of the planets.

Recent Publications & Preprints


  • Treating dynamical stability as an observable: a 5:2 MMR configuration for the extrasolar system HD 181433, Giammarco Campanella, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 418, 1028-1038, (2011). arXiv:1108.0360 [astro-ph]

  • Water in the atmosphere of HD 209458b from 3.6 - 8 microns IRAC photometric observations in primary transit, J.P. Beaulieu, D.M. Kipping, V. Batista, G. Tinetti, I. Ribas, S. Carey, J. A. Noriega-Crespo, C. A. Griffith, G. Campanella, S. Dong, J. Tennyson, R.J. Barber, P. Deroo, S.J. Fossey, D. Liang, M. R. Swain, Y. Yung, N. Allard, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 409, 963-974, (2010). arXiv:0909.0185 [astro-ph]

  • The search for exomoons and the characterization of exoplanets, Are we alone in the Universe?, Giammarco Campanella, LAP Lambert Acad. Publ. (2009), ISBN: 3838322800. Amazon.co.uk, Support page

  • The search for exomoons and the characterization of exoplanet atmospheres, Giammarco Campanella, thesis submitted for the MSc Degree (Laurea Specialistica) in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sapienza Universita' di Roma (2009). arXiv:0910.0484 [astro-ph]

  • On the detectability of habitable exomoons with Kepler-class photometry, David M. Kipping, Stephen J. Fossey, Giammarco Campanella, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 400, 398-405, (2009). arXiv:0907.3909 [astro-ph] MEDIA

Education


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Here is a list of courses I am, or have been, a teaching assistant for:

Contact Details


You may contact me at g.campanella  AT  qmul.ac.uk

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