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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/508/1011
- Title:
- Planetary transit of TrES-1 and TrES-2
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/508/1011
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The aim of this work is a detailed analysis of transit light curves from TrES-1 and TrES-2, obtained over a period of three to four years, in order to search for variabilities in observed mid-transit times and to set limits for the presence of additional third bodies. Using the IAC 80cm telescope, we observed transits of TrES-1 and TrES-2 over several years. Based on these new data and previously published work, we studied the observed light curves and searched for variations in the difference between observed and calculated (based on a fixed ephemeris) transit times. To model possible transit timing variations, we used polynomials of different orders, simulated O-C diagrams corresponding to a perturbing third mass and sinusoidal fits. For each model we calculated the chi-squared residuals and the False Alarm Probability (FAP). For TrES-1 we can exclude planetary companions (>1M_{earth}_) in the 3:2 and 2:1 MMRs having high FAPs based on our transit observations from ground. Additionally, the presence of a light time effect caused by e.g. a 0.09M_{sun}_ mass star at a distance of 7.8AU is possible. As for TrES-2, we found a better ephemeris of Tc=2453957.63512(28)+2.4706101(18)xEpoch and a good fit for a sine function with a period of 0.2days, compatible with a moon around TrES-2 and an amplitude of 57s, but it was not a uniquely low chi-squared value that would indicate a clear signal. In both cases, TrES-1 and TrES-2, we were able to put upper limits on the presence of additional perturbers masses. We also conclude that any sinusoidal variations that might be indicative of exomoons need to be confirmed with higher statistical significance by further observations, noting that TrES-2 is in the field-of-view of the Kepler Space Telescope.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/408/1494
- Title:
- Planetary transits of TrES-2 and TrES-3
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/408/1494
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first extrasolar planet observations from the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). We used the Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy (OSIRIS) tunable filter imager on the GTC to acquire high-precision, narrow-band photometry of the transits of the giant exoplanets, TrES-2b and TrES-3b. We obtained near-simultaneous observations in two near-infrared wavelengths (790.2 and 794.4nm). We provide normalized flux ratios for each target, where the flux ratio is defined as the target flux divided by the total combined flux from several non-variable reference stars. The flux ratios have been normalized against the baseline (out-of-transit) flux ratio for each target. We provide normalized flux ratios for each target, where the flux ratio is defined as the target flux divided by the total combined flux from several non-variable reference stars. The flux ratios have been normalized against the baseline (out-of-transit) flux ratio for each target.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/705/1226
- Title:
- Planet-bearing stars in Spitzer
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/705/1226
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the MIPS camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope, we have searched for debris disks around 104 stars known from radial velocity studies to have one or more planets. Combining this new data with 42 already published observations of planet-bearing stars, we find that 14 of the 146 systems have IR excess at 24 and/or 70um. Only one star, HD 69830, has IR excess exclusively at 24um, indicative of warm dust in the inner system analogous to that produced by collisions in the solar system's asteroid belt. For the other 13 stars with IR excess the emission is stronger at 70um, consistent with cool dust (<100K) located beyond 10AU, well outside of the orbital location of the known planets.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/136
- Title:
- Planets orbiting bright stars in K2 campaigns 0-10
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/155/136
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Since 2014, NASA's K2 mission has observed large portions of the ecliptic plane in search of transiting planets and has detected hundreds of planet candidates. With observations planned until at least early 2018, K2 will continue to identify more planet candidates. We present here 275 planet candidates observed during Campaigns 0-10 of the K2 mission that are orbiting stars brighter than 13 mag (in Kepler band) and for which we have obtained high-resolution spectra (R=44000). These candidates are analyzed using the vespa package in order to calculate their false-positive probabilities (FPP). We find that 149 candidates are validated with an FPP lower than 0.1%, 39 of which were previously only candidates and 56 of which were previously undetected. The processes of data reduction, candidate identification, and statistical validation are described, and the demographics of the candidates and newly validated planets are explored. We show tentative evidence of a gap in the planet radius distribution of our candidate sample. Comparing our sample to the Kepler candidate sample investigated by Fulton et al. (2017, J/AJ/154/109), we conclude that more planets are required to quantitatively confirm the gap with K2 candidates or validated planets. This work, in addition to increasing the population of validated K2 planets by nearly 50% and providing new targets for follow-up observations, will also serve as a framework for validating candidates from upcoming K2 campaigns and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, expected to launch in 2018.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/563/A45
- Title:
- Pleiades cluster membership probabilities
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/563/A45
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- With the advent of deep wide surveys, large photometric and astrometric catalogues of literally all nearby clusters and associations have been produced. The unprecedented accuracy and sensitivity of these data sets and their broad spatial, temporal and wavelength coverage make obsolete the classical membership selection methods that were based on a handful of colours and luminosities. We present a new technique designed to take full advantage of the high dimensionality (photometric, astrometric, temporal) of such a survey to derive self-consistent and robust membership probabilities of the Pleiades cluster. We aim at developing a methodology to infer membership probabilities to the Pleiades cluster from the DANCe multidimensional astro-photometric data set in a consistent way throughout the entire derivation. The determination of the membership probabilities has to be applicable to censored data and must incorporate the measurement uncertainties into the inference procedure. We use Bayes-theorem and a curvilinear forward model for the likelihood of the measurements of cluster members in the colour-magnitude space, to infer posterior membership probabilities. The distribution of the cluster members proper motions and the distribution of contaminants in the full multidimensional astro-photometric space is modelled with a mixture-of-Gaussians likelihood. We analyse several representation spaces composed of the proper motions plus a subset of the available magnitudes and colour indices. We select two prominent representation spaces composed of variables selected using feature relevance determination techniques based in Random Forests, and analyse the resulting samples of high probability candidates. We consistently find lists of high probability (p>0.9975) candidates with ~1000 sources, 4 to 5 times more than obtained in the most recent astro-photometric studies of the cluster. Multidimensional data sets require statistically sound multivariate analysis techniques to fully exploit their scientific information content. Proper motions in particular are, as expected, critical for the correct separation of contaminants. The methodology presented here is ready for application in data sets that include more dimensions, such as radial and/or rotational velocities, spectral indices, and variability.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/299/696
- Title:
- Pleiades field Membership probabilities
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/299/696
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A catalogue of proper motions and photographic B,V magnitudes for stars up to B=19 mag within a region centered near Alcyone is presented. The catalogue is based on MAMA measurements of 8 plates taken with the Tautenburg Schmidt telescope. The survey includes ca. 14500 stars and covers a total field of about 9 square degrees. Membership probabilities, proper motions and B,V magnitudes are listed for 442 stars up to B=19 mag in the Pleiades field.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/313/347
- Title:
- Pleiades low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/313/347
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a six-square-degree Pleiades survey in I and Z, which is photometrically complete to approximately I_KP_=19.2mag (I_C_=19.6 in the Pleiades). We remove non-cluster contamination on the basis of proper motions and infrared photometry, and present 339 candidate cluster members, 30 of which are fainter than I_KP_=17.5, and are thus strong brown-dwarf candidates.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/153/101
- Title:
- Pleiades members stellar properties
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/153/101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Precise measurements of eclipsing binary parameters and statistical studies of young clusters have suggested that some magnetically active low-mass dwarfs possess radii inflated by ~5%-15% relative to theoretical expectations. If true, this effect should be pronounced in young open clusters, due to the rapid rotation and strong magnetic activity of their most extreme members. We explore this possibility by determining empirical radii for 83 members of the nearby Pleiades open cluster, using spectral energy distribution fitting to establish F_bol_ with a typical accuracy of ~3% together with color and spectro-photometric indices to determine T_eff_. We find several Pleiades members with radii inflated above radius-T_eff_ models from state-of-the-art calculations, and apparent dispersions in radii for the K-dwarfs of the cluster. Moreover, we demonstrate that this putative radius inflation correlates strongly with rotation rate, consistent with inflation of young stars by magnetic activity and/or starspots. We argue that this signal is not a consequence of starspot-induced color anomalies, binarity, or depth effects in the cluster, employing Gaia DR1 distances as a check. Finally, we consider the lithium abundances of these stars, demonstrating a triple correlation between rotation rate, radius inflation, and enhanced lithium abundance. Our result-already significant to ~99.99% confidence-provides strong support for a magnetic origin of the inflated radii and lithium dispersion observed in young, low-mass stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/570/A86
- Title:
- Pluto astrometry from 19yrs observations
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/570/A86
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present astrometric positions of Pluto, consistent with the International Celestial Reference System, from 4412 CCD frames observed over 120 nights with three telescopes at the Observatorio do Pico dos Dias in Brazil, covering a time span from 1995 to 2013, and also 145 frames observed over 11 nights in 2007 and 2009 with the ESO/MPG 2.2m telescope equipped with the Wide Field Imager (WFI). Our aim is to contribute to the study and improvement of the orbit of Pluto with new astrometric methods and positions.