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A Method to Identify and Characterize Binary Candidates—A Study of CoRoT Data
DOI: 10.1086/660136 Bibcode: 2011PASP..123..536D

Da Silva, Ronaldo; Silva-Valio, Adriana

The analysis of the CoRoT space mission data was performed aiming to test a method that selects, among the several light curves observed, the transiting systems that likely host a low-mass star orbiting the main target. The method identifies stellar companions by fitting a model to the observed transits. Applying this model, which uses equations s…

2011 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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