Bibcode
Alonso, Roi; Aigrain, Suzanne; Pont, Frédéric; Mazeh, Tsevi; CoRoT Exoplanet Science Team
Bibliographical reference
Transiting Planets, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 253, p. 91-96
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2009
Citations
27
Refereed citations
22
Description
With more than 80 transits observed in the CoRoT lightcurve with a
cadence of 32 s, CoRoT-Exo-2b provides an excellent case to search for
the secondary eclipse of the planet, with an expected signal of less
than 10-4 in relative flux. The activity of the star causes a
modulation on the flux that makes the detection of this signal
challenging. We describe the technique used to seek for the secondary
eclipse, that leads to a tentative 2.5σ detection of a
5.5×10-5 eclipse. If the effect of the spots are not
taken into account, the times of transit centers will also be affected.
They could lead to an erroneous detection of periodic transit timing
variations of ~20 s and with a 7.45 d period. By measuring the transit
central times at different depths of the transit (transit bisectors), we
show that there are no such periodic variations in the CoRoT-Exo-2b O-C
residuals larger than ~10 s.