Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-05-31
Astron.Astrophys.467:1345,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 10 figures, accepted by A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20066827
Aims: We describe a fast, robust and automatic detection algorithm, TRUFAS, and apply it to data that are being expected from the CoRoT mission. Methods: The procedure proposed for the detection of planetary transits in light curves works in two steps: 1) a continuous wavelet transformation of the detrended light curve with posterior selection of the optimum scale for transit detection, and 2) a period search in that selected wavelet transformation. The detrending of the light curves are based on Fourier filtering or a discrete wavelet transformation. TRUFAS requires the presence of at least 3 transit events in the data. Results: The proposed algorithm is shown to identify reliably and quickly the transits that had been included in a standard set of 999 light curves that simulate CoRoT data. Variations in the pre-processing of the light curves and in the selection of the scale of the wavelet transform have only little effect on TRUFAS' results. Conclusions: TRUFAS is a robust and quick transit detection algorithm, especially well suited for the analysis of very large volumes of data from space or ground-based experiments, with long enough durations for the target-planets to produce multiple transit events.
Almenara M.
Alonso Ricardo
Deeg Hans-Joerg
Regulo Clara
Roca Cortes Teodoro
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