Hot Jupiters around M dwarfs. A sensitivity analysis of the WFCAM Transit Survey

Bibcode
2013EPJWC..4701002K
DOI
10.1051/epjconf/20134701002
Kovács, Gábor; Hodgkin, S.; Sipőcz, B.; Pinfield, D.; Barrado, D.; Birkby, J.; Cappetta, M.; Cruz, P.; Koppenhoefer, J.; Martín, E.L.; Murgas, F.; Nefs, B.; Saglia, R.; Zendejas, J.
Bibliographical reference

Hot Planets and Cool Stars, Garching, Germany, Edited by Roberto Saglia; EPJ Web of Conferences, Volume 47, id.01002

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2013
Number of authors
14
IAC number of authors
2
Citations
2
Refereed citations
2
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.
Type
Non-refereed

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