Bibcode
Tingley, B.; Bonomo, A. S.; Deeg, H. J.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 726, Issue 2, article id. 112 (2011).
Fecha de publicación:
1
2011
Revista
Número de citas
33
Número de citas referidas
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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