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A search for transiting planets around hot subdwarfs. II. Supplementary methods and results from TESS Cycle 1
Acknowledgements. We warmly thank the anonymous referee for constructive
remarks that improved our paper. We thank Uli Heber and Elizabeth M. Green
for their help on the characterisation of several of our targets, as well as attendees
of the sdOB9.5 conference in Potsdam, namely but not limited to, Stephan
Geier and Philipp Podsiadlowksi, as the discussion there were of great interest for
this work. This work has been supported by the University of LiĂšge through an
ARC grant for Concerted Research Actions financed by the Wallonia-Brussels
Federation. A.T. acknowledge financial support from the ULB âFond de rattrapage
PDRâ. V.V.G. and L.S are senior F.R.S.-FNRS Research Associates.
S.C. acknowledges financial support from the Centre National dâĂtudes Spatiales
(CNES, France). This paper includes data collected by the TESS mission. Funding
for the TESS mission is provided by the NASA Explorer Program. Funding
for the TESS Asteroseismic Science Operations Centre is provided by the Danish
National Research Foundation (Grant agreement no.: DNRF106), ESA PRODEX
(PEA 4000119301) and Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC) at Aarhus University.
We thank the TESS team and staff and TASC/TASOC for their support
of the present work. This work has made use of data from the ESA mission Gaia
(https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing
and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/
gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national
institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral
Agreement.Context. Hot subdwarfs, which are hot and small He-burning objects, are ideal targets for exploring the evolution of planetary systems
after the red giant branch (RGB). Thus far, no planets have been confirmed around them, and no systematic survey to find planets has
been carried out.
Aims. In this project, we aim to perform a systematic transit survey in all light curves of hot subdwarfs from space-based telescopes
(Kepler, K2, TESS, and CHEOPS). The goal is to compute meaningful statistics on two points: firstly, the occurrence rates of planets
around hot subdwarfs, and secondly, the probability of survival for close-in planets engulfed during the RGB phase of their host. This
paper focuses on the analysis of the observations carried out during cycle 1 of the TESS mission.
Methods. We used our specifically designed pipeline SHERLOCK to search for transits in the available light curves. When a signal is
detected, it is processed in the next evaluating stages before an object is qualified for follow-up observations and in-depth analysis to
determine the nature of the transiting body.
Results. We applied our method to the 792 hot subdwarfs observed during cycle 1 of TESS. While 378 interesting signals were
detected in the light curves, only 26 stars were assigned for follow-up observations. We have identified a series of eclipsing binaries,
transiting white dwarfs, and other types of false positives, but no planet has been confirmed thus far. A first computation of the upper
limit for occurrence rates was made with the 549 targets displaying no signal.
Conclusions. The tools and method we developed proved their efficiency in analysing the available light curves from space missions,
from detecting an interesting signal to identifying a transiting planet. This will allow us to fulfil the two main goals of this project.Aarhus UniversitetAustralian Research CouncilDanmarks Grundforskningsfond
DNRF106ESA PEA 4000119301Wallonia-Brussels FederationNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationCentre National dâEtudes SpatialesUniversitĂ© de LiĂšg
A Kriging constrained efficient global optimization approach applied to low-energy building design problems
3rd Symposium on Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization (IPDO) / School on Physical Properties, Joao Pessoa, BRAZIL, AUG 25-27, 2010International audienceLow-energy building design is constrained not only by the total cost but also by both the energy demand and the comfort requirements. However, the evaluation of these criteria may require the implementation of time-consuming tasks, such as the direct building thermal simulation, which leads to difficulties in the design process. Moreover, it is of interest in this field to provide the designer with a large range of acceptable solutions rather than some unique optimal design. In this article, the application of an efficient global optimization approach is proposed as a tool to analyse the response functions of a building design problem. The method is based on a Kriging metamodel, which provides the global prediction of the objective and constraint functions, and an evaluation of uncertainty of the prediction at each point. The criterion for the infill sample selection is a generalized expected improvement function with desirable properties for stochastic responses. This criterion is maximized according to different constraints. First, inexpensive constraints are used as boundary constraints. Then, the expected violation criterion is used as a penalty. We use a particle swarm optimization algorithm to maximize the infill sample criterion according to the constraints. This approach is shown to be efficient for the building design problem, since the optimization is performed with an important reduction of the number of objective and constraint function calls. The Kriging metamodel is used to evaluate the sensitivity and the possible range of variations of the design parameters near their optimal values
A RICH prototype for the AMS experiment
The AMS spectrometer will be installed on the International Space Station at
the end of 2003. Among other improvements over the first version of the
instrument, a ring imaging Cherenkov detector (RICH) will be added which latter
should open a new window for cosmic-ray physics, allowing isotope separation up
to A~25 between 1 and 10 GeV/c and elements identification up to Z~25 between
threshold and 1 TeV/c/nucleon. It should also contribute to the high level of
redundancy required for AMS and reject efficiency albedo particles. The results
of the first generation prototype and the expected results of the new one are
discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures, ICRC proceeding
Abelian BF theory and Turaev-Viro invariant
The U(1) BF Quantum Field Theory is revisited in the light of
Deligne-Beilinson Cohomology. We show how the U(1) Chern-Simons partition
function is related to the BF one and how the latter on its turn coincides with
an abelian Turaev-Viro invariant. Significant differences compared to the
non-abelian case are highlighted.Comment: 47 pages and 6 figure
Origin of the high energy proton component below the geomagnetic cutoff in near earth orbit
The high flux proton component observed by AMS below the geomagnetic cutoff can be well accounted for by assuming these particles to be secondaries originating from the interaction of Cosmic Ray protons with the atmosphere. Simulation results are reporte
Inverse identification processes of elastoplastic constitutive models using advanced optimisation strategies
The success of simulation tools in reproducing the mechanical behaviour of materials, particularly for metals, depends on the quality of the models and their inherent material parameters. However, the commonly used parameter identification strategies are still expensive and non-robust. The robustness and efficiency of these strategies are closely related with the single-stage optimisation methods adopted.
The aim of this work is to implement and analyse optimisation strategies such as sequential, parallel and hybrid approaches in a parameter identification problem using full-field methods, particularly the Virtual Fields Method (VFM) and the Finite Element Model Updating (FEMU). The definition of the objective functions of both VFM and FEMU methods is also discussed in the framework of optimisation.publishe
Experimental study of a proximity focusing Cherenkov counter prototype for the AMS experiment
A study prototype of Proximity Focussing Ring Imaging Cherenkov counter has
been built and tested with several radiators using separately cosmic-ray
particles and 12C beam fragmentation products at several energies. Counter
prototype and experimental setup are described, and the results of measurements
reported and compared with simulation results.The performances are discussed in
the perspective of the final counter design.Comment: 27 pages, 16 figures, submitted to NIM
Prediction of the bending behavior after pre-strain of an aluminum alloy
The present work is focused on the modeling of sheet metal mechanical behavior up to rupture, including anisotropy and hardening. The mechanical behavior of an AA6016 alloy was characterized at room temperature in tension, simple shear and hydraulic bulging. The initial anisotropy was described with the Yld2004-18p yield criterion coupled to a mixed hardening law. Concerning rupture, an uncoupled phenomenological criterion of Mohr-Coulomb type will be used. For the material parameter identification, an inverse methodology was used with the objective of reducing the gap between experimental and numerical data. Finally, validation of the results was performed on bending tests with different amplitudes of tension pre-strain in order to reach or not rupture in the bent area
Functional Diversification of Fungal Glutathione Transferases from the Ure2p Class
The glutathione-S-transferase (GST) proteins represent an extended family involved in detoxification processes. They are divided into various classes with high diversity in various organisms. The Ure2p class is especially expanded in saprophytic fungi compared to other fungi. This class is subdivided into two subclasses named Ure2pA and Ure2pB, which have rapidly diversified among fungal phyla. We have focused our analysis on Basidiomycetes and used Phanerochaete chrysosporium as a model to correlate the sequence diversity with the functional diversity of these glutathione transferases. The results show that among the nine isoforms found in P. chrysosporium, two belonging to Ure2pA subclass are exclusively expressed at the transcriptional level in presence of polycyclic aromatic compounds. Moreover, we have highlighted differential catalytic activities and substrate specificities between Ure2pA and Ure2pB isoforms. This diversity of sequence and function suggests that fungal Ure2p sequences have evolved rapidly in response to environmental constraints
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