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| Paper: |
Photometric Simulation of Transiting Extrasolar Planets |
| Volume: |
294, Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets |
| Page: |
413 |
| Authors: |
Lee, B. L.; Yee, H. K. C.; Mallén-Ornelas, G.; Seager, S. |
| Abstract: |
Photometric occultation simulations have been created for the EXPLORE project, a deep search for transiting extrasolar planets. We begin our transit simulations at the image level by adding simulated stars, some of which have light curves with transits, to actual images from the EXPLORE searches. By examining EXPLORE's performance in blind tests of transit recovery from these simulated data, we probe the bounds of EXPLORE's planet-finding capabilities. Such simulated detection statistics will provide completeness corrections for planet detections, or limits on types of planetary systems that are not detected. The accuracy of the derived detection statistics is maximized by matching both the data quality and analysis procedure for the simulations with the real data. Precision image quality mimicry is achieved using a set of well-characterized template stars and a "copy-and-paste" method. We present the simulation procedure and some preliminary results on the recovery of simulated transiting planets. |
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