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Almenara, Jose Manuel; Deeg, Hans J.; Lázaro, Carlos; Arévalo, María Jesús
Bibliographical reference
Transiting Planets, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 253, p. 382-385
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2009
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Description
We present a matched filter algorithm to detect transits of planets that
orbit both components of close eclipsing binaries in CoRoT targets. The
formation of binary systems surrounded by disks is one of the most
common outcomes of stellar formation; their detection would therefore
constitute an important discovery. In an eclipsing binary system, the
binary-planet alignment gives raised transit probabilities and the
special transit shapes from circumbinary planets provide a unique
identifier for their planetary nature; the problems of false alarms are
largely avoided. CoRoT data have unprecedented time coverage and
photometric precision that make them especially suitable for the search
of transits of planets across eclipsing binaries. No reliable detections
of circumbinary planets have been reported yet, and their discovery
would constitute a new class of planets.