TESTS OF THE PLANETARY HYPOTHESIS FOR PTFO 8-8695b

TESTS OF THE PLANETARY HYPOTHESIS FOR PTFO 8-8695b

The T Tauri star PTFO 8-8695 exhibits periodic fading events that have been interpreted as the transits of a giant planet on a precessing orbit. Here we present three tests of the planet hypothesis. First, we sought evidence for the secular changes in light-curve morphology that are predicted to be...

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Main Authors: Yu, Liang (Contributor), Gillon, Michaël (Author), Albrecht, Simon (Author), Bieryla, Allyson (Author), Dai, Fei (Contributor), Delrez, Laetitia (Author), Hillenbrand, Lynne (Author), Holman, Matthew J. (Author), Howard, Andrew W. (Author), Huang, Chelsea X. (Author), Isaacson, Howard (Author), Jehin, Emmanuel (Author), Lendl, Monika (Author), Montet, Benjamin T. (Author), Muirhead, Philip S. (Author), Sanchis-Ojeda, Roberto (Author), Winn, Joshua Nathan (Contributor), Triaud, Amaury (Author), Rappaport, Saul A (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Rappaport, Saul A. (Contributor), Triaud, Amaury H. M. J. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2016-01-07T17:39:18Z.
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