Using Stellar Densities to Evaluate Transiting Exoplanetary Candidates

Tingley, B.; Bonomo, A. S.; Deeg, H. J.
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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 726, Issue 2, article id. 112 (2011).

Fecha de publicación:
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2011
Número de autores
3
Número de autores del IAC
2
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33
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28
Descripción
One of the persistent complications in searches for transiting exoplanets is the low percentage of the detected candidates that ultimately prove to be planets, which significantly increases the load on the telescopes used for the follow-up observations to confirm or reject candidates. Several attempts have been made at creating techniques that can pare down candidate lists without the need of additional observations. Some of these techniques involve a detailed analysis of light curve characteristics; others estimate the stellar density or some proxy thereof. In this paper, we extend upon this second approach, exploring the use of independently calculated stellar densities to identify the most promising transiting exoplanet candidates. We use a set of CoRoT candidates and the set of known transiting exoplanets to examine the potential of this approach. In particular, we note the possibilities inherent in the high-precision photometry from space missions, which can detect stellar asteroseismic pulsations from which accurate stellar densities can be extracted without additional observations.
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