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A SuperWASP search for additional transiting planets in 24 known systems
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Smith, A. M. S., Hebb, L., Collier Cameron, A., Anderson, D. R., Lister, T. A., Hellier, C., Pollacco, Don, Queloz, D., Skillen, I. and West, Richard G. (2009) A SuperWASP search for additional transiting planets in 24 known systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 398 (Number 4). pp. 1827-1834. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15262.x
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15262.x
Abstract
We present results from a search for additional transiting planets in 24 systems already known to contain a transiting planet. We model the transits due to the known planet in each system and subtract these models from light curves obtained with the SuperWASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) survey instruments. These residual light curves are then searched for evidence of additional periodic transit events. Although we do not find any evidence for additional planets in any of the planetary systems studied, we are able to characterize our ability to find such planets by means of Monte Carlo simulations. Artificially generated transit signals corresponding to planets with a range of sizes and orbital periods were injected into the SuperWASP photometry and the resulting light curves searched for planets. As a result, the detection efficiency as a function of both the radius and orbital period of any second planet is calculated. We determine that there is a good (>50 per cent) chance of detecting additional, Saturn-sized planets in P∼ 10 d orbits around planet-hosting stars that have several seasons of SuperWASP photometry. Additionally, we confirm previous evidence of the rotational stellar variability of WASP-10, and refine the period of rotation. We find that the period of the rotation is 11.91 ± 0.05 d, and the false alarm probability for this period is extremely low (∼10−13).
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||
| ISSN: | 0035-8711 | ||||
| Official Date: | 1 September 2009 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 398 | ||||
| Number: | Number 4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1827-1834 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15262.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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