https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134701005
Precision photometry with difference imaging in the WTS
1 University Observatory Munich, Scheinerstrasse 1, 81679 München, Germany
2 Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, 85748 Giessenbachstrasse, Germany
3 Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
4 Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK
5 Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK
a e-mail: chicho@usm.uni-muenchen.de
The Wide Field Camera Transit Survey is a pioneer program aimed to search for extra-solar planets in the near-infrared. The standard data reduction pipeline of the program uses aperture photometry to construct the light curves. We alternatively apply the difference imaging method for the most complete field in the survey and carry out a quantitative comparison between the photometric precision of both methods. We also report an implementation on the box-fitting detection algorithm, which performs a trapezoid-fit to the folded light curve. Subsequently we apply a set of selection criteria to the light curves to search for transit candidates, incorporating a parameter to characterize the shape of the transit. We carry out a detailed analysis of 11 candidates and provide a classification scheme to separate binary from planet candidates. Furthermore we report the detection of five faint extremely-short period eclipsing binary systems with periods shorter than 0.23 days and one candidate M-dwarf/M-dwarf eclipsing binary.
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