Hot Jupiters around M dwarfs
The WFCAM Transit Survey (WTS) is a near-infrared transit survey running on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT). We conduct Monte Carlo transit injection and detection simulations for short period (<10 day) Jupiter-sized planets to characterize the sensitivity of the survey. We investig...
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| author | Murgas F. Martín E. Koppenhoefer J. Cruz P. Cappetta M. Birkby J. Barrado D. Pinfield D. Sipőcz B. Hodgkin S. Kovács Gábor Nefs B. Saglia R. Zendejas J. |
| author_facet | Murgas F. Martín E. Koppenhoefer J. Cruz P. Cappetta M. Birkby J. Barrado D. Pinfield D. Sipőcz B. Hodgkin S. Kovács Gábor Nefs B. Saglia R. Zendejas J. |
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| description | The WFCAM Transit Survey (WTS) is a near-infrared transit survey running on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT). We conduct Monte Carlo transit injection and detection simulations for short period (<10 day) Jupiter-sized planets to characterize the sensitivity of the survey. We investigate the recovery rate as a function of period and magnitude in 2 hypothetical star-planet cases: M0–2 + hot Jupiter, M2–4 + hot Jupiter. We find that the WTS lightcurves are very sensitive to the presence of Jupiter-sized short-period transiting planets around M dwarfs. The non-detection of a hot-Jupiter around an M dwarf by the WFCAM Transit Survey allows us to place a firm upper limit of 1.9 per cent (at 95 per cent confidence) on the planet occurrence rate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f79683be2cac485690cf292a090ccb3e2022-12-21T23:15:54ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2013-04-01470100210.1051/epjconf/20134701002Hot Jupiters around M dwarfsMurgas F.Martín E.Koppenhoefer J.Cruz P.Cappetta M.Birkby J.Barrado D.Pinfield D.Sipőcz B.Hodgkin S.Kovács GáborNefs B.Saglia R.Zendejas J.The WFCAM Transit Survey (WTS) is a near-infrared transit survey running on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT). We conduct Monte Carlo transit injection and detection simulations for short period (<10 day) Jupiter-sized planets to characterize the sensitivity of the survey. We investigate the recovery rate as a function of period and magnitude in 2 hypothetical star-planet cases: M0–2 + hot Jupiter, M2–4 + hot Jupiter. We find that the WTS lightcurves are very sensitive to the presence of Jupiter-sized short-period transiting planets around M dwarfs. The non-detection of a hot-Jupiter around an M dwarf by the WFCAM Transit Survey allows us to place a firm upper limit of 1.9 per cent (at 95 per cent confidence) on the planet occurrence rate.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134701002 |
| spellingShingle | Murgas F. Martín E. Koppenhoefer J. Cruz P. Cappetta M. Birkby J. Barrado D. Pinfield D. Sipőcz B. Hodgkin S. Kovács Gábor Nefs B. Saglia R. Zendejas J. Hot Jupiters around M dwarfs EPJ Web of Conferences |
| title | Hot Jupiters around M dwarfs |
| title_full | Hot Jupiters around M dwarfs |
| title_fullStr | Hot Jupiters around M dwarfs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hot Jupiters around M dwarfs |
| title_short | Hot Jupiters around M dwarfs |
| title_sort | hot jupiters around m dwarfs |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134701002 |
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