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2003ApJ...592.1217S - Astrophys. J., 592, 1217-1224 (2003/August-1)

Ellipsoidal variability in the OGLE planetary transit candidates.

SIRKO E. and PACZYNSKI B.

Abstract (from CDS):

We analyze the photometry of 117 OGLE stars with periodic transit events for the presence of ellipsoidal light variations, which indicate the presence of massive companions. We find that ∼50% of objects may have stellar companions, mostly among the short-period systems. In our Table 1 we identify a coefficient of ellipsoidal variability for each star, ac2, which can be used to select prime candidates for planetary searches. There is a prospect of improving the analysis, and the systems with smaller ellipsoidal variability will be identified, when the correlations in the OGLE photometry are corrected for in the future, thereby providing a cleaner list of systems with possible planets.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Planetary Systems - Surveys - Techniques: Photometric

Simbad objects: 119

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