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Massive Search for Spot- and Facula-Crossing Events in 1598 Exoplanetary Transit Light Curves. / Baluev, R. V.; Sokov, E. N.; Sokova, I. A.; Shaidulin, V. Sh.; Veselova, A. V.; Aitov, V. N.; Mitiani, G. Sh.; Valeev, A.F.; Gadelshin, D.R.; Gutaev, A. G.; Beskin, G. M.; Valyavin, G. G.; Antonyuk, K.; Barkaoui, K.; Gillon, M.; Jehin, E.; Delrez, L.; Guðmundsson, S.; Dale, H. A.; Fernández-Lajús, E.; Di Sisto, R. P.; Bretton, M.; Wunsche, A.; Hentunen, V.-P.; Shadick, S.; Jongen, Y.; Kang, W.; Kim, T.; Pakštienė, E.; Qvam, J. K. T.; Knight, C. R.; Guerra, P.; Marchini, A.; Salvaggio, F.; Papini, R.; Evans, P.; Salisbury, M.; Garlitz, J.; Esseiva, N.; Ogmen, Y.; Bosch-Cabot, P.; Selezneva, A.; Hinse, T. C.
In: Acta Astronomica, Vol. 71, No. 1, 2021, p. 25-53.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Massive Search for Spot- and Facula-Crossing Events in 1598 Exoplanetary Transit Light Curves
AU - Baluev, R. V.
AU - Sokov, E. N.
AU - Sokova, I. A.
AU - Shaidulin, V. Sh.
AU - Veselova, A. V.
AU - Aitov, V. N.
AU - Mitiani, G. Sh.
AU - Valeev, A.F.
AU - Gadelshin, D.R.
AU - Gutaev, A. G.
AU - Beskin, G. M.
AU - Valyavin, G. G.
AU - Antonyuk, K.
AU - Barkaoui, K.
AU - Gillon, M.
AU - Jehin, E.
AU - Delrez, L.
AU - Guðmundsson, S.
AU - Dale, H. A.
AU - Fernández-Lajús, E.
AU - Di Sisto, R. P.
AU - Bretton, M.
AU - Wunsche, A.
AU - Hentunen, V.-P.
AU - Shadick, S.
AU - Jongen, Y.
AU - Kang, W.
AU - Kim, T.
AU - Pakštienė, E.
AU - Qvam, J. K. T.
AU - Knight, C. R.
AU - Guerra, P.
AU - Marchini, A.
AU - Salvaggio, F.
AU - Papini, R.
AU - Evans, P.
AU - Salisbury, M.
AU - Garlitz, J.
AU - Esseiva, N.
AU - Ogmen, Y.
AU - Bosch-Cabot, P.
AU - Selezneva, A.
AU - Hinse, T. C.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We developed a dedicated statistical test for a massive detection of spot- A nd facula-crossing anomalies in multiple exoplanetary transit light curves, based on the frequentist p-value thresholding. This test was used to augment our algorithmic pipeline for transit light curves analysis. It was applied to 1598 amateur and professional transit observations of 26 targets being monitored in the EXPANSION project. We detected 109 statistically significant candidate events revealing a roughly 2 : 1 asymmetry in favor of spots-crossings over faculae-crossings. Although some candidate anomalies likely appear non-physical and originate from systematic errors, such asymmetry between negative and positive events should indicate a physical difference between the frequency of star spots and faculae. Detected spot-crossing events also reveal positive correlation between their amplitude and width, possibly due to spot size correlation. However, the frequency of all detectable crossing events appears just about a few per cent, so they cannot explain excessive transit timing noise observed for several targets.
AB - We developed a dedicated statistical test for a massive detection of spot- A nd facula-crossing anomalies in multiple exoplanetary transit light curves, based on the frequentist p-value thresholding. This test was used to augment our algorithmic pipeline for transit light curves analysis. It was applied to 1598 amateur and professional transit observations of 26 targets being monitored in the EXPANSION project. We detected 109 statistically significant candidate events revealing a roughly 2 : 1 asymmetry in favor of spots-crossings over faculae-crossings. Although some candidate anomalies likely appear non-physical and originate from systematic errors, such asymmetry between negative and positive events should indicate a physical difference between the frequency of star spots and faculae. Detected spot-crossing events also reveal positive correlation between their amplitude and width, possibly due to spot size correlation. However, the frequency of all detectable crossing events appears just about a few per cent, so they cannot explain excessive transit timing noise observed for several targets.
KW - Planetary systems-techniques: Photometric-starspots
KW - PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES
KW - HIGH-PRECISION PHOTOMETRY
KW - TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS
KW - EXTRASOLAR PLANET
KW - starspots
KW - TIMING VARIATIONS
KW - PLANETARY SYSTEM
KW - REFINED PARAMETERS
KW - Techniques: photometric
KW - HOT JUPITER
KW - TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM
KW - RADIAL-VELOCITY
KW - Planetary systems
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U2 - 10.32023/0001-5237/71.1.2
DO - 10.32023/0001-5237/71.1.2
M3 - Article
VL - 71
SP - 25
EP - 53
JO - Acta Astronomica
JF - Acta Astronomica
SN - 0001-5237
IS - 1
ER -
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