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Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler, III: Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data | | Natalie M. Batalha
; Jason F. Rowe
; Stephen T. Bryson
; Thomas Barclay
; Christopher J. Burke
; Douglas A. Caldwell
; Jessie L. Christiansen
; Fergal Mullally
; Susan E. Thompson
; Timothy M. Brown
; Andrea K. Dupree
; Daniel C. Fabrycky
; Eric B. Ford
; Jonathan J. Fortney
; Ronald L. Gilliland
; Howard Isaacson
; David W. Latham
; Geoffrey W. Marcy
; Samuel Quinn
; Darin Ragozzine
; Avi Shporer
; William J. Borucki
; David R. Ciardi
; Thomas N. Gautier III
; Michael R. Haas
; Jon M. Jenkins
; David G. Koch
; Jack J. Lissauer
; William Rapin
; Gibor S. Basri
; Alan P. Boss
; Lars A. Buchhave
; David Charbonneau
; Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard
; Bruce D. Clarke
; William D. Cochran
; Brice-Olivier Demory
; Edna Devore
; Gilbert A. Esquerdo
; Mark Everett
; Francois Fressin
; John C. Geary
; Forrest R. Girouard
; Alan Gould
; Jennifer R. Hall
; Matthew J. Holman
; Andrew W. Howard
; Steve B. Howell
; Khadeejah A. Ibrahim
; K. Kinemuchi
; Hans Kjeldsen
; Todd C. Klaus
; Jie Li
; Philip W. Lucas
; Robert L. Morris
; Andrej Prsa
; Elisa Quintana
; Dwight T. Sanderfer
; Dimitar Sasselov
; Shawn E. Seader
; Jeffrey C. Smith
; Jason H. Steffen
; Martin Still
; Martin C. Stumpe
; Jill C. Tarter
; Peter Tenenbaum
; Guillermo Torres
; Joseph D. Twicken
; Kamal Uddin
; Jeffrey Van Cleve
; Lucianne Walkowicz
; William F. Welsh
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27 Feb 2012 | | Abstract: | New transiting planet candidates are identified in sixteen months (May 2009 -
September 2010) of data from the Kepler spacecraft. Nearly five thousand
periodic transit-like signals are vetted against astrophysical and instrumental
false positives yielding 1,091 viable new planet candidates, bringing the total
count up to over 2,300. Improved vetting metrics are employed, contributing to
higher catalog reliability. Most notable is the noise-weighted robust averaging
of multi-quarter photo-center offsets derived from difference image analysis
which identifies likely background eclipsing binaries. Twenty-two months of
photometry are used for the purpose of characterizing each of the new
candidates. Ephemerides (transit epoch, T_0, and orbital period, P) are
tabulated as well as the products of light curve modeling: reduced radius
(Rp/R*), reduced semi-major axis (d/R*), and impact parameter (b). The largest
fractional increases are seen for the smallest planet candidates (197% for
candidates smaller than 2Re compared to 52% for candidates larger than 2Re) and
those at longer orbital periods (123% for candidates outside of 50-day orbits
versus 85% for candidates inside of 50-day orbits). The gains are larger than
expected from increasing the observing window from thirteen months (Quarter 1--
Quarter 5) to sixteen months (Quarter 1 -- Quarter 6). This demonstrates the
benefit of continued development of pipeline analysis software. The fraction of
all host stars with multiple candidates has grown from 17% to 20%, and the
paucity of short-period giant planets in multiple systems is still evident. The
progression toward smaller planets at longer orbital periods with each new
catalog release suggests that Earth-size planets in the Habitable Zone are
forthcoming if, indeed, such planets are abundant. | | Source: | arXiv, 1202.5852 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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