A survey of M stars in the field of view of Kepler space telescope

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2011

Autores

Oshagh, M (Autor) Outra; Haghighipour, N (Autor) Outra; N.C. Santos (Autor) FCUP

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: ASTROPHYSICS OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS: FORMATION, STRUCTURE, AND DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION

Páginas: 448-449

276th Symposium of the International-Astronomical-Union on Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution

Torino, ITALY, OCT 10-15, 2010

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ID Authenticus: P-002-WAD

DOI: 10.1017/s1743921311020746

Abstract (EN): M dwarfs constitute more than 70% of the stars in the solar neighborhood. They are cooler and smaller than Sun-like stars and have less-massive disks which suggests that planets around these stars are more likely to be Neptune-size or smaller. The transit depths and transit times of planets around M stars are large and well-matched to the Kepler temporal resolution. As a result, M stars have been of particular interest for searching for planets in both radial velocity and transit photometry surveys. We have recently started a project on searching for possible planet-hosting M stars in the publicly available data from Kepler space telescope. We have used four criteria, namely, the magnitude, proper motion, H-K-s and J-H colors, and searched for M stars in Q0 and Q1 data sets. We have been able to find 108 M stars among which 54 had not been previously identified among Kepler's targets. We discuss the details of our selection process and present the results.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 2