- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/738/170
- Title:
- False positive Kepler planet candidates
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/738/170
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a framework to conservatively estimate the probability that any particular planet-like transit signal observed by the Kepler mission is in fact a planet, prior to any ground-based follow-up efforts. We use Monte Carlo methods based on stellar population synthesis and Galactic structure models, and report false positive probabilities (FPPs) for every Kepler Object of Interest, assuming a 20% intrinsic occurrence rate of close-in planets in the radius range 0.5R_{earth}_<R_p_<20R_{earth}_. Nearly 90% of the 1235 candidates have FPP<10%, and over half have FPP<5%. This probability varies with the magnitude and Galactic latitude of the target star, and with the depth of the transit signal - deeper signals generally have higher FPPs than shallower signals. We establish that a single deep high-resolution image will be an effective follow-up tool for the shallowest (Earth-sized) transits, providing the quickest route toward probabilistically validating the smallest candidates by potentially decreasing the FPP of an Earth-sized transit around a faint star from >10% to <1%. Since Kepler has detected many more planetary signals than can be positively confirmed with ground-based follow-up efforts in the near term, these calculations will be crucial to using the ensemble of Kepler data to determine population characteristics of planetary systems. We also describe how our analysis complements the Kepler team's more detailed BLENDER false positive analysis for planet validation.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/822/86
- Title:
- False positive probabilities for Q1-Q17 DR24 KOIs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/822/86
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present astrophysical false positive probability calculations for every Kepler Object of Interest (KOI) --the first large-scale demonstration of a fully automated transiting planet validation procedure. Out of 7056 KOIs, we determine that 1935 have probabilities vespa (Morton T.D. 2015ascl.soft03011M), a publicly available Python package that is able to be easily applied to any transiting exoplanet candidate.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/158
- Title:
- Final Kepler transiting planet search (DR25)
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/152/158
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of the final Kepler Data Processing Pipeline search for transiting planet signals in the full 17-quarter primary mission data set. The search includes a total of 198709 stellar targets, of which 112046 were observed in all 17 quarters and 86663 in fewer than 17 quarters. We report on 17230 targets for which at least one transit signature is identified that meets the specified detection criteria: periodicity, minimum of three observed transit events, detection statistic (i.e., signal-to-noise ratio) in excess of the search threshold, and passing grade on three statistical transit consistency tests. Light curves for which a transit signal is identified are iteratively searched for additional signatures after a limb-darkened transiting planet model is fitted to the data and transit events are removed. The search for additional planets adds 16802 transit signals for a total of 34032; this far exceeds the number of transit signatures identified in prior pipeline runs. There was a strategic emphasis on completeness over reliability for the final Kepler transit search. A comparison of the transit signals against a set of 3402 well-established, high-quality Kepler Objects of Interest yields a recovery rate of 99.8%. The high recovery rate must be weighed against a large number of false-alarm detections. We examine characteristics of the planet population implied by the transiting planet model fits with an emphasis on detections that would represent small planets orbiting in the habitable zone of their host stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VI/44
- Title:
- Finding List of Interacting Binaries, 5th ed.
- Short Name:
- VI/44
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalog is abstracted from the Card Catalog maintained at the University of Florida containing information on all published, and to the extent available, unpublished work on eclipsing binaries. The fifth edition differs from the previous ones in the extension of the magnitude limit at maximum light from 13 to 15. The catalog fields are Finding List number; star name; position (equinox 1900); blue magnitude at maximum light; bandpass of maximum light; depth of primary minimum in same bandpass; bandpass primary minimum; depth of secondary minimum and its bandpass; spectral class of star eclipsed at primary light and optional uncertainty character; spectral class of star eclipsed at secondary light; most recent reliable epoch of primary minimum; most recent orbital period; duration of primary minimum; duration of totality of primary minimum; BD, CoD, CPD, and HD number; alternate designations of system; codes indicating the nature of the system.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/19
- Title:
- Follow-up photometry for HAT-P-34 through HAT-P-37
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/144/19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of four transiting extrasolar planets (HAT-P-34b-HAT-P-37b) with masses ranging from 1.05 to 3.33M_J_ and periods from 1.33 to 5.45days. These planets orbit relatively bright F and G dwarf stars (from V=10.16 to V=13.2). Of particular interest is HAT-P-34b which is moderately massive (3.33M_J_), has a high eccentricity of e=0.441+/-0.032 at a period of P=5.452654+/-0.000016days, and shows hints of an outer component. The other three planets have properties that are typical of hot Jupiters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/646/A131
- Title:
- Four Jovian planets RV and activity indexes
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/646/A131
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of planetary companions orbiting four low-luminosity giant stars with M* between 1.04 and 1.39M_{sun}_. All four host stars have been independently observed by the EXoPlanets aRound Evolved StarS (EXPRESS) program and the Pan-Pacific Planet Search (PPPS). The companion signals were revealed by multi-epoch precision radial velocities obtained in nearly a decade. The planetary companions exhibit orbital periods between ~1.2 and 7.1 years, minimum masses of m_p_*sini~1.8-3.7M_Jup_, and eccentricities between 0.08 and 0.42. With these four new systems, we have detected planetary companions to 11 out of the 37 giant stars that are common targets in the EXPRESS and PPPS. After excluding four compact binaries from the common sample, we obtained a fraction of giant planets (m_p_~1-2M_Jup_) orbiting within 5AU from their parent star of f=33.3^+9.0^_-7.1_%. This fraction is slightly higher than but consistent at the 1{sigma} level with previous results obtained by different radial velocity surveys. Finally, this value is substantially higher than the fraction predicted by planet formation models of gas giants around stars more massive than the Sun.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/156/140
- Title:
- Four new eclipsing mid M-dwarf systems from MEarth
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/156/140
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using data from the MEarth-North and MEarth-South transit surveys, we present the detection of eclipses in four mid M-dwarf systems: LP 107-25, LP 261-75, LP 796-24, and LP 991-15. Combining the MEarth photometry with spectroscopic follow-up observations, we show that LP 107-25 and LP 796-24 are short-period (1.388 and 0.523 day, respectively) eclipsing binaries in triple-lined systems with substantial third-light contamination from distant companions. LP 261-75 is a short-period (1.882 day) single-lined system consisting of a mid M-dwarf eclipsed by a probable brown dwarf secondary, with another distant visual brown dwarf companion. LP 991-15 is a long-period (29.3 day) double-lined eclipsing binary on an eccentric orbit with a geometry that produces only primary eclipses. A spectroscopic orbit is given for LP 991-15, and initial orbits for LP 107-25 and LP 261-75.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/572/A93
- Title:
- Four new transiting planets
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/572/A93
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The characterization of four new transiting extrasolar planets is presented here. KOI-188b and KOI-195b are bloated hot Saturns, with orbital periods of 3.8 and 3.2-days, and masses of 0.25 and 0.34M_Jup_, respectively. They are located in the low-mass range of known transiting, giant planets. KOI-192b has a similar mass (0.29M_Jup_) but a longer orbital period of 10.3 days. This places it in a domain where only few planets are known. KOI-830b, finally, with a mass of 1.27M_Jup_ and a period of 3.5-days, is a typical hot Jupiter. The four planets have radii of 0.98, 1.09, 1.2, and 1.08R_Jup_, respectively. We detected no significant eccentricity in any of the systems, while the accuracy of our data does not rule out possible moderate eccentricities. The four objects were first identified by the Kepler Team as promising candidates from photometry of the Kepler satellite. We establish here their planetary nature thanks to the radial velocity follow-up we secured with the HARPS-N spectrograph at the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo. The combined analyses of the whole datasets allow us to fully characterize the four planetary systems. These new objects increase the number of well-characterized exoplanets for statistics, and provide new targets for individual follow-up studies. The pre-screening we performed with the SOPHIE spectrograph at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence as part of that study also allowed us to conclude that a fifth candidate, KOI-219.01, is not a planet but is a false positive.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/549/A134
- Title:
- Four new WASP transiting close-in giant planets
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/549/A134
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the discovery of four new transiting hot jupiters, detected mainly from SuperWASP-North and SOPHIE observations. These new planets, WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b, have orbital periods ranging from 1.7 to 7.9-days, masses between 0.46 and 0.94M_Jup_, and radii between 0.73 and 1.49 R_Jup_.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/87
- Title:
- From binaries to multiples. II. Statistical data
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/87
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Statistics of hierarchical multiplicity among solar-type dwarfs are studied using the distance-limited sample of 4847 targets presented in the accompanying Paper I. Known facts about binaries (multiplicity fraction 0.46, lognormal period distribution with median period 100yr and logarithmic dispersion 2.4, and nearly uniform mass-ratio distribution independent of the period) are confirmed with a high statistical significance. The fraction of hierarchies with three or more components is 0.13+/-0.01, and the fractions of targets with n=1,2,3,... components are 54:33:8:4:1. Subsystems in the secondary components are almost as frequent as in the primary components, but in half of such cases both inner pairs are present. The high frequency of those 2+2 hierarchies (4%) suggests that both inner pairs were formed by a common process. The statistics of hierarchies can be reproduced by simulations, assuming that the field is a mixture coming from binary-rich and binary-poor environments. Periods of the outer and inner binaries are selected recursively from the same lognormal distribution, subject to the stability constraint and accounting for the correlation between inner subsystems. The simulator can be used to evaluate the frequency of multiple systems with specified parameters. However, it does not reproduce the observed excess of inner periods shorter than 10days, caused by tidal evolution.
