Bibcode
Deeg, H. J.; Doyle, L. R.
Referencia bibliográfica
Detection and Dynamics of Transiting Exoplanets, St. Michel l'Observatoire, France, Edited by F. Bouchy; R. Díaz; C. Moutou; EPJ Web of Conferences, Volume 11, id.05005
Fecha de publicación:
2
2011
Número de citas
1
Número de citas referidas
1
Descripción
A photometric method to detect planets orbiting around shortperiodic
binary stars is presented. It is based on the detection of
eclipse-signatures in the reflected light of circumbinary planets.
Amplitudes of such 'reflected eclipses' will depend on the orbital
configurations of binary and planet relative to the observer. Reflected
eclipses will occur with a period that is distinct from the binary
eclipses, and their timing will also be modified by variations in the
light-travel time of the eclipse signal. For the sample of eclipsing
binaries found by the Kepler mission, reflected eclipses from close
circumbinary planets may be detectable around at least several dozen
binaries. A thorough detection effort of such reflected eclipses may
then detect the inner planets present, or give solid limits to their
abundance.