Kepler Observations of Transiting Hot Compact Objects

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2010-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/1001.3420v3

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

12 pages, 3 figures, submitted to ApJL (updated to correct KOI74 lightcurve)

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Kepler photometry has revealed two unusual transiting companions orbiting an early A-star and a late B-star. In both cases the occultation of the companion is deeper than the transit. The occultation and transit with follow-up optical spectroscopy reveal a 9400 K early A-star, KOI-74 (KIC 6889235), with a companion in a 5.2 day orbit with a radius of 0.08 Rsun and a 10000 K late B-star KOI-81 (KIC 8823868) that has a companion in a 24 day orbit with a radius of 0.2 Rsun. We infer a temperature of 12250 K for KOI-74b and 13500 K for KOI-81b. We present 43 days of high duty cycle, 30 minute cadence photometry, with models demonstrating the intriguing properties of these object, and speculate on their nature.

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