Results from the Wide Angle Search for Planets Prototype (WASP0) III: Planet hunting in the Draco field

Stephen R Kane; Andrew Collier Cameron; Keith Douglas Horne; David James; TA Lister; Don L Pollacco; Rachel A Street; Yiannis Tsapras

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09656.x

Results from the Wide Angle Search for Planets Prototype (WASP0) III: Planet hunting in the Draco field

Stephen R Kane, Andrew Collier Cameron, Keith Douglas Horne, David James, TA Lister, Don L Pollacco, Rachel A Street, Yiannis Tsapras

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Abstract

The Wide Angle Search for Planets Prototype (WASP0) is a wide-field instrument used to search for extra-solar planets via the transit method. Here we present the results of a monitoring program which targeted a 9-degree field in Draco. WASP0 monitored 35 000 field stars for two consecutive months. Analysis of the light curves resulted in the detection of 11 multi-transit candidates and three single-transit candidates, two of which we recommend for further follow-up. Monte Carlo simulations matching the observing parameters estimate the expected number of transit candidates from this survey. A comparison of the expected number with the number of candidates detected is used to discuss limits on planetary companions to field stars.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1091-1103
Number of pages	13
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	364
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09656.x
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2005

Keywords

methods : data analysis
planetary systems
stars : variables : x other
EXTRASOLAR PLANET
TRANSITING PLANET
CLUSTER NGC-6791
STARS
METALLICITY
TELESCOPE
ALGORITHM
DATABASE
CATALOG
DISK

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Results from the Wide Angle Search for Planets Prototype (WASP0) III: Planet hunting in the Draco field

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