http://arxiv.org/abs/1902.01417
We characterize the occurrence rate of planets, ranging in size from 0.5-16 R$\oplus$, orbiting FGK stars with orbital periods from 0.5-500 days. Our analysis is based on results from the
DR25' catalog of planet candidates produced by NASA's Kepler mission and stellar radii from GaiaDR2′. We incorporate additional Kepler data products to accurately characterize the the efficiency of planets being recognized as a `threshold crossing events’ (TCE) by Kepler’s Transiting Planet Search pipeline and labeled as a planet candidate by the robovetter. Using a hierarchical Bayesian model, we derive planet occurrence rates for a wide range of planet sizes and orbital periods. For planets with sizes 1-1.75 R$\oplus$ and orbital periods of 237-500 days, we find a rate of planets per FGK star of $ 0.24^{+0.11}{-0.10}$ ($68.3\%$ credible interval). While the true rate of such planets could be lower by a factor of $\sim~2$ (primarily due to potential contamination of planet candidates by false alarms), the upper limits on the occurrence rate of such planets are robust to $\sim~10\%$. We recommend that mission concepts aiming to characterize potentially rocky planets in or near the habitable zone of sun-like stars prepare compelling science programs that would be robust for a true rate in the range $f{R,P} = 0.05-0.51$ for $1-1.75$ R$\oplus$ planets with orbital periods in 237-500 days, or a differential rate of $\Gamma\oplus \equiv (d^2 f)/[d(\ln P)~d(\ln R_{p})] = 0.11-1.2$.
D. Hsu, E. Ford, D. Ragozzine, et. al.
Wed, 6 Feb 19
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Comments: Submitted to AJ; 23 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables
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