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SuperWASP-North太阳系外行星候选者在3小时< RA <6小时之间

SuperWASP-North Extra-solar Planet Candidates between 3hr < RA < 6hr

W. I. Clarkson, B. Enoch, C. A. Haswell, A. J. Norton, D. J. Christian, A. Collier Cameron, S. R. Kane, K. D. Horne, T. A. Lister, R. A. Street, R. G. West, D. … 展开作者

W. I. Clarkson, B. Enoch, C. A. Haswell, A. J. Norton, D. J. Christian, A. Collier Cameron, S. R. Kane, K. D. Horne, T. A. Lister, R. A. Street, R. G. West, D. M. Wilson, N. Evans, A. Fitzsimmons, C. Hellier, S. T. Hodgkin, J. Irwin, F. P. Keenan, J. P. Osborne, N. R. Parley, D. L. Pollacco, R. Ryans, I. Skillen, P. J. Wheatley

摘要:

广角行星搜索(WASP)通过光度测量方法调查了大量附近的恒星,以发现太阳系外行星系统的候选者,这是由于在< 5天的时间尺度上,"热彗星“的典型特征是小幅度的光变曲线下降。2004年4月至9月期间,SuperWASP-North仪器的观测产生了来自670万颗恒星的约13亿个数据点的丰富光度数据集。我们定制的数据采集和处理系统在V=13时可产生约0.02 mag的光度精度。我们提出了过渡候选人在03 h-06 h RA范围。在141,895条光变曲线中,有2688条光变曲线显示出统计上显著的类似凌日的周期性。其中,44个通过视觉检查的光变曲线,其中24个通过一组削减的统计意义的文物。考虑到现有星表中较高空间分辨率的先验信息,其余20个天体中除4个外均被删除。在剩下的四个候选目标中,一个被认为是后续观察的良好候选目标,另外还有三个第二优先目标。我们提供了这些候选人的详细信息,以及被淘汰的假阳性和天体物理假警报的选择,并简要讨论了采样对我们的结果的影响。

英文摘要:

The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) photometrically surveys a large number of nearby stars to uncover candidate extrasolar planet systems by virtue of small-amplitude lightcurve dips on a < 5-day timescale typical of the ``Hot-Jupiters.'' Observations with the SuperWASP-North instrument between April and September 2004 produced a rich photometric dataset of some 1.3 billion datapoints from 6.7 million stars. Our custom-built data acquisition and processing system produces ~0.02 mag photometric precision at V=13. We present the transit-candidates in the 03h-06h RA range. Of 141,895 lightcurves with sufficient sampling to provide adequate coverage, 2688 show statistically significant transit-like periodicities. Of these, 44 pass visual inspection of the lightcurve, of which 24 are removed through a set of cuts on the statistical significance of artefacts. All but 4 of the remaining 20 objects are removed when prior information at higher spatial-resolution from existing catalogues is taken into account. Of the four candidates remaining, one is considered a good candidate for follow-up observations with three further second-priority targets. We provide detailed information on these candidates, as well as a selection of the false-positives and astrophysical false-alarms that were eliminated, and discuss briefly the impact of sampling on our results.

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