Blend Analysis of HATNet Transit Candidates

Abstract

Candidate transiting planet systems discovered by wide-field ground-based surveys must go through an intensive follow-up procedure to distinguish the true transiting planets from the much more common false positives. Especially pernicious are configurations of three or more stars which produce radial velocity and light curves that are similar to those of single stars transited by a planet. In this contribution we describe the methods used by the HATNet team to reject these blends, giving a few illustrative examples.

To appear in proceedings of the conference: "Detection and dynamics of transiting exoplanets" held at the OHP, 23-27 August 2010. 7 pages, 4 figures