Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XV. CoRoT-15b: A brown-dwarf transiting companion
Astronomy and Astrophysics 525:19 (2011)
Abstract:
We report the discovery by the CoRoT space mission of a transiting brown dwarf orbiting a F7V star with an orbital period of 3.06 days. CoRoT-15b has a radius of 1.12+0.30-0.15 RJup and a mass of 63.3 ± 4.1 MJup, and is thus the second transiting companion lying in the theoretical mass domain of brown dwarfs. CoRoT-15b is either very young or inflated compared to standard evolution models, a situation similar to that of M-dwarf stars orbiting close to solar-typestars. Spectroscopic constraints and an analysis of the lightcurve imply a spin period in the range 2.9-3.1 days for the central star, which is compatible with a double-synchronisation of the system. © ESO, 2010. © 2010 ESO.Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XV. CoRoT-15b: a brown-dwarf transiting companion
åp 525 (2011) A68-A68
A simple method to estimate radial velocity variations due to stellar activity using photometry
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ASTEP: Towards the detection and characterization of exoplanets from Dome C
DETECTION AND DYNAMICS OF TRANSITING EXOPLANETS 11 (2011) ARTN 06001
ASTEP: Towards the detection and characterization of exoplanets from Dome C
EPJ Web of Conferences EDP Sciences 11 (2011) 06001