2010/01/31 by J. Blomme, J. Debosscher, J. De Ridder +13
Physics and Astronomy · #Asteroseismology #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Exoplanet #Kepler #Light curve #Noise (video) #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Variable (mathematics) #Variable star #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/2041-8205/713/2/l204
accepted for publication in ApJL
arxiv created 2010/02/01 · openalex publication_date 2010/03/31 · arxiv updated 2015/05/14 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present the first results of the application of supervised classification methods to the Kepler Q1 long-cadence light curves of a subsample of 2288 stars measured in the asteroseismology program of the mission. The methods, originally developed in the framework of the CoRoT and Gaia space missions, are capable of identifying the most common types of stellar variability in a reliable way. Many new variables have been discovered, among which a large fraction are eclipsing/ellipsoidal binaries unknown prior to launch. A comparison is made between our classification from the Kepler data and the pre-launch class based on data from the ground, showing that the latter needs significant improvement. The noise properties of the Kepler data are compared to those of the exoplanet program of the CoRoT satellite. We find that Kepler improves on CoRoT by a factor of 2–2.3 in point-to-point scatter.