Probing Kepler's hottest small planets via homogeneous search and analysis of optical secondary eclipses and phase variations

Vikash Singh, A. S. Bonomo, G. Scandariato +5

We perform a homogeneous search for and analysis of optical occultations and phase variations of the most favorable ultra-short-period (USP) ($P<1$~d) sub-Neptunes ($R_{p}<4 R_{\op…