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How far can we trust published TESS periods?

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2020-04-08 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Authors: Zdeněk Mikulášek , Marek Skarka
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Abstract

Possible inaccuracies in the determination of periods from short-term time series caused by disregard of the real course of light curves and instrumental trends are documented on the example of the period analysis of simulated TESS-like light curve by notorious Lomb-Scargle method.

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@article{arxiv.1912.04602,
  title  = {How far can we trust published TESS periods?},
  author = {Zdeněk Mikulášek and Marek Skarka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.04602},
  year   = {2020}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures, will be published in Contrib. Astron. Obs. Skalnate Pleso, 2020

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