Sensitivity Analysis of the WFCAM Transit Survey

Details Sensitivity Analysis of the WFCAM Transit Survey Sensitivity Analysis of the WFCAM Transit Survey

Sep 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011ess.....2.1909k&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, ESS meeting #2, #19.09

Statistics

Scientific paper

The WFCAM Transit Survey has been running on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope since 2007. The WTS targets about 6000 M dwarfs (J<16) in four fields close to the galactic plane in the near infrared. The search for planets around M dwarfs is a young and exciting field in exoplanet hunting. Core accretion theories predict that Jovian planets should be rare in systems around low mass stars. I will present my work on the sensitivity of our survey. A Monte Carlo simulation was developed using lightcurves in one of our fields to measure transit recovery ratios. Interpreting our null-detections we can place statistical constraints on the frequency of different planetary systems around M dwarfs. I will compare our results with other surveys' discovery statistics.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Sensitivity Analysis of the WFCAM Transit Survey does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Sensitivity Analysis of the WFCAM Transit Survey, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Sensitivity Analysis of the WFCAM Transit Survey will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-832908