Systematics-insensitive Periodogram for Finding Periods in TESS Observations of Long-period Rotators
Abstract
NASA's TESS mission \citep{tess} has produced high precision photometry of millions of stars to the community. The majority of TESS observations have a duration of $\approx$27 days, corresponding to a single observation during a TESS sector. A small subset of TESS targets are observed for multiple sectors, with approximately 1-2\% of targets falling in the Continuous Viewing Zone (CVZ) during the prime mission \citep{yield}, where targets are observed continuously for a year. These targets are highly valuable for extracting long period rotation rates, which can be linked to stellar ages. We present a pip installable Python tool for extracting long period rotation rates in the TESS CVZ, while simultaneously mitigating instrument systematics.
- Publication:
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Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- December 2020
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2012.08972
- Bibcode:
- 2020RNAAS...4..220H
- Keywords:
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- Astronomy data reduction;
- Time series analysis;
- Stellar rotation;
- 1861;
- 1916;
- 1629;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 3 pages, 1 figure