Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. V. Identification of 31 Candidate Eclipsing Binaries in the K2 Engineering Dataset
Abstract
Over 2500 eclipsing binaries were identified and characterized from the ultraprecise photometric data provided by the Kepler space telescope. Kepler is now beginning its second mission, K2, which is proving to again provide ultraprecise photometry for a large sample of eclipsing binary stars. In the 1951 light curves covering 12 days in the K2 engineering dataset, we have identified and determined the ephemerides for 31 candidate eclipsing binaries that demonstrate the capabilities for eclipsing binary science in the upcoming campaigns in K2. Of those, 20 are new discoveries. We describe both manual and automated approaches to harvesting the complete set of eclipsing binaries in the K2 data, provide identifications and details for the full set of candidate eclipsing binaries present in the engineering dataset, and discuss the prospects for application of eclipsing binary searches in the K2 mission.
Additional Information
© 2014 The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Received 2014 July 14; accepted 2014 September 05; published 2014 October 2. The authors gratefully acknowledge everybody who has made Kepler, and especially the K2 mission, possible. K. E. C. and K. G. S. gratefully acknowledge support from NASA Astrophysical Data Analysis Program grant NNX12AE22G. A. P. gratefully acknowledges support from the NASA Kepler Participating Scientist Program grant NNX12AD20G. S. B. is supported by the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), which is part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France.Attached Files
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- Alternative title
- Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. V. Identification of 31 Eclipsing Binaries in the K2 Engineering Data-set
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- 52617
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20141212-084840593
- NNX12AE22G
- NASA
- NNX12AD20G
- NASA
- Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
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2014-12-12Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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