Scaling K2. II. Assembly of a Fully Automated C5 Planet Candidate Catalog Using EDI-Vetter

Abstract

We present a uniform transiting exoplanet candidate list for Campaign 5 of the K2 mission. This catalog contains 75 planets with 7 multi-planet systems (5 double, 1 triple, and 1 quadruple planet system). Within the range of our search, we find 8 previously undetected candidates with the remaining 66 candidates overlapping 51% of the Kruse et al. study that manually vet Campaign 5 candidates. In order to vet our potential transit signals, we introduce the Exoplanet Detection Identification Vetter (EDI-Vetter), which is a fully automated program able to determine if a transit signal should be labeled as a false positive or a planet candidate. This automation allows us to create a statistically uniform catalog, ideal for planet occurrence rate measurements. When tested, the vetting software is able to ensure our sample is 94.2% reliable against systematic false positives. Additionally, we inject artificial transits at the light-curve-level of the raw K2 data and find the maximum completeness of our pipeline is 70% before vetting and 60% after vetting. For convenience of future occurrence rate studies, we include measurements of stellar noise (CDPP) and the three-transit window function for each target. This study is part of a larger survey of the K2 data set and the methodology which will be applied to the entirety of the K2 data set.

28 pages, 11 figures, and 3 data files. Submitted for publication in AJ

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