Optimized cutting off transit algorithm to study stellar rotation from PLATO mission light curves

Autor: Leandro de Almeida, Reza Samadi, Francys Anthony, Jefferson Soares da Costa, Ana Carolina Mattiuci, Matthieu Castro, José Dias do Nascimento
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Repositório Institucional da UFRN
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
instacron:UFRN
Experimental Astronomy
Experimental Astronomy, Springer Link, 2020, 50 (1), pp.73-90. ⟨10.1007/s10686-020-09664-x⟩
ISSN: 0922-6435
1572-9508
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-020-09664-x⟩
Popis: Measuring the stellar rotation of one of the components in eclipsing binaries (EBs) or planetary systems is a challenging task. The difficulty is mainly due to the complexity of analyzing, in the same light curve, the signal from the stellar rotation mixed with the transit signal of a stellar or sub-stellar companion, like a brown dwarf or planet. There are many methods to correct the long-term trend of the light curve. However, the correction often erases the signal of the stellar rotation from spots crossing the visible stellar disk and other weaker signals like planets. In this work, we present the DiffeRencial flUx Method of cuTting Off biNariES (DRUM TONES) to identify the signal of the binary transits and disentangle it from stellar rotation planet signals. We present our technique with applications to EBs from CoRoT, Kepler, Kepler K2 and TESS missions. We also applied our method to simulated synthetic EB from the PLATO mission. Our method shows good agreement in the determination of stellar rotation periods for few observed targets from last space missions, as well it is naturally useful for future European missions, such as PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO).
21 pages, 10 figures, accepted to be published on The Experimental Astronomy (May 14, 2020)
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