The California-Kepler Survey. VI. Kepler Multis and Singles Have Similar Planet and Stellar Properties Indicating a Common Origin

The California-Kepler Survey (CKS) catalog contains precise stellar and planetary properties for the Kepler planet candidates, including systems with multiple detected transiting planets (“multis”) and systems with just one detected transiting planet (“singles”, although additional planets could exi...

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Published in:The Astronomical journal 2018-12, Vol.156 (6), p.254
Main Authors: Weiss, Lauren M., Isaacson, Howard T., Marcy, Geoffrey W., Howard, Andrew W., Petigura, Erik A., Fulton, Benjamin J., Winn, Joshua N., Hirsch, Lea, Sinukoff, Evan, Rowe, Jason F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Astronomy
Evaporation
Extrasolar planets
Planetary systems
Planets
Polls & surveys
Properties (attributes)
Transit
Valleys
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Summary:The California-Kepler Survey (CKS) catalog contains precise stellar and planetary properties for the Kepler planet candidates, including systems with multiple detected transiting planets (“multis”) and systems with just one detected transiting planet (“singles”, although additional planets could exist). We compared the stellar and planetary properties of the multis and singles in a homogeneous subset of the full CKS- Gaia catalog. We found that sub-Neptune-sized singles and multis do not differ in their stellar properties or planet radii. In particular: (1.) The distributions of stellar properties , [Fe/H], and for the Kepler sub-Neptune-sized singles and multis are statistically indistinguishable. (2.) The radius distributions of the sub-Neptune-sized singles and multis with P  > 3 days are indistinguishable, and both have a valley at ∼1.8 . However, there are significantly more detected short-period ( P  
ISSN:0004-6256
1538-3881
DOI:10.3847/1538-3881/aae70a