Detection of Neptune-size planetary candidates with CoRoT data. Comparison with the planet occurrence rate derived from Kepler

[Abridged] Context. The CoRoT space mission has been searching for transiting planets since the end of December 2006. Aims. We aim to investigate the capability of CoRoT to detect small-size transiting planets in short-period orbits, and to compare the number of CoRoT planets with 2 \leq R_p \leq 4...

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Main Authors: Bonomo, A, Chabaud, P, Deleuil, M, Moutou, C, Bouchy, F, Cabrera, J, Lanza, A, Mazeh, T, Aigrain, S, Alonso, R, Guterman, P, Santerne, A, Schneider, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012