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2020AJ....159..248K - Astron. J., 159, 248-248 (2020/June-0)

Searching the entirety of Kepler data. II. Occurrence rate estimates for FGK stars.

KUNIMOTO M. and MATTHEWS J.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present exoplanet occurrence rates estimated with approximate Bayesian computation for planets with radii between 0.5 and 16 R and orbital periods between 0.78 and 400 days orbiting FGK dwarf stars. We base our results on an independent planet catalog compiled from our search of all ∼200,000 stars observed over the Kepler mission, with precise planetary radii supplemented by Gaia DR2-incorporated stellar radii. We take into account detection and vetting efficiency, planet radius uncertainty, and reliability against transit-like noise signals in the data. By analyzing our FGK occurrence rates as well as those computed after separating F-, G-, and K-type stars, we explore dependencies on stellar effective temperature, planet radius, and orbital period. We reveal new characteristics of the photoevaporation-driven "radius gap" between ∼1.5 and 2 R, indicating that the bimodal distribution previously revealed for P < 100 days exists only over a much narrower range of orbital periods, above which sub-Neptunes dominate and below which super-Earths dominate. Finally, we provide several estimates of the "eta-Earth" value-the frequency of potentially habitable, rocky planets orbiting Sun-like stars. For planets with sizes 0.75-1.5 R orbiting in a conservatively defined habitable zone (0.99-1.70 au) around G-type stars, we place an upper limit (84.1th percentile) of <0.18 planets per star.

Abstract Copyright: © 2020. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Exoplanets - Habitable planets - Exoplanet catalogs - Transit photometry - Bayesian statistics - Astrostatistics

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