The WFCAM Transit Survey

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Sipocz, B. [1 ,3 ]
Kovacs, G. [2 ,3 ]
Pinfield, D. [1 ]
Hodgkin, S. [2 ]
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[1] Univ Hertfordshire, Ctr Astrophys Res, Hatfield AL10 9AB, Herts, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge, England
[3] RoPACS Network, Early Stage Res, Cambridge, England
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10.1051/epjconf/20111106003
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P1 [天文学];
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The WFCAM Transit Survey (WTS) has been obtaining data on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope since 2007. The WTS targets about 8,000 M dwarfs over several square degrees of sky, and aims to find low-mass eclipsing binaries and planets, down to the size of the Earth, transiting M dwarf stars with periods up to a few days.
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