1. 197 CANDIDATES AND 104 VALIDATED PLANETS IN K2's FIRST FIVE FIELDS
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Crossfield, Ian JM, Ciardi, David R, Petigura, Erik A, Sinukoff, Evan, Schlieder, Joshua E, Howard, Andrew W, Beichman, Charles A, Isaacson, Howard, Dressing, Courtney D, Christiansen, Jessie L, Fulton, Benjamin J, Lépine, Sébastien, Weiss, Lauren, Hirsch, Lea, Livingston, John, Baranec, Christoph, Law, Nicholas M, Riddle, Reed, Ziegler, Carl, Howell, Steve B, Horch, Elliott, Everett, Mark, Teske, Johanna, Martinez, Arturo O, Obermeier, Christian, Benneke, Björn, Scott, Nic, Deacon, Niall, Aller, Kimberly M, Hansen, Brad MS, Mancini, Luigi, Ciceri, Simona, Brahm, Rafael, Jordán, Andrés, Knutson, Heather A, Henning, Thomas, Bonnefoy, Michaël, Liu, Michael C, Crepp, Justin R, Lothringer, Joshua, Hinz, Phil, Bailey, Vanessa, Skemer, Andrew, and Defrere, Denis
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catalogs ,planets and satellites: fundamental parameters ,planets and satellites: general ,techniques: high angular resolution ,techniques: photometric ,techniques: spectroscopic ,astro-ph.EP ,Astronomical and Space Sciences ,Atomic ,Molecular ,Nuclear ,Particle and Plasma Physics ,Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural) ,Astronomy & Astrophysics - Abstract
We present 197 planet candidates discovered using data from the first year of the NASA K2 mission (Campaigns 0-4), along with the results of an intensive program of photometric analyses, stellar spectroscopy, high-resolution imaging, and statistical validation. We distill these candidates into sets of 104 validated planets (57 in multi-planet systems), false positives, and 63 remaining candidates. Our validated systems span a range of properties, with median values of RP= 2.3 R⊕, P = 8.6 days, Teff = 5300 K, and Kp = 12.7mag. Stellar spectroscopy provides precise stellar and planetary parameters for most of these systems. We show that K2 has increased by 30% the number of small planets known to orbit moderately bright stars (1-4 R R⊕, Kp = 9-13 mag). Of particular interest are planets smaller than 2 R⊕, orbiting stars brighter than Kp = 11.5 mag, 5 receiving Earth-like irradiation levels, and several multi-planet systems - including 4 planets orbiting the M dwarf K2-72 near mean-motion resonances. By quantifying the likelihood that each candidate is a planet we demonstrate that our candidate sample has an overall false positive rate of 15%-30%, with rates substantially lower for small candidates (8 R⊕ and/or with P
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- 2016