Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. IV. CoRoT-Exo-4b: a transiting planet in a 9.2 d

@article{Aigrain2008TransitingEF,
  title={Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. IV. CoRoT-Exo-4b: a transiting planet in a 9.2 d},
  author={S. Aigrain and A. Cameron and M. Ollivier and F. Pont and L. Jorda and J. Almenara and R. Alonso and P. Barge and P. Bord{\'e} and F. Bouchy and H. Deeg and R. Reza and M. Deleuil and R. Dvorak and A. Erikson and M. Fridlund and P. Gondoin and M. Gillon and T. Guillot and A. Hatzes and H. Lammer and A. Lanza and A. Leger and A. Llebaria and P. Magain and T. Mazeh and C. Moutou and M. Paetzold and C. Pinte and D. Queloz and H. Rauer and D. Rouan and J. Schneider and G. Wuchter and S. Zucker},
  journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics},
  year={2008}
}
CoRoT, the first space-based transit search, provides ultra-high precision light curves with continuous time-sampling over periods, of up to 5 months. This allows the detection of transiting planets with relatively long periods, and the simultaneous study of the host star's photometric variability. In this letter, we report on the discovery of the transiting giant planet CoRoT-Exo-4b and use the CoRoT light curve to perform a detailed analysis of the transit and to determine the stellar… Expand
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