How to correct from systematics high-precision photometric data. The study: “Principal component analysis to correct data systematics. Case study: K2 light curves” of A. Petralia (INAF-OAPA) recently appeared on Experimental Astronomy
Several fields in modern astronomy rely on high-precision photometric data. This is true, in particular, for the search of exoplanets with the method of transits. This method consists in searching very small periodic dimming of stellar emission due to the transit of planets along the line of sight during their orbits. For instance, the transit due to a Hot Jupiter (a gaseous
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