SuperWASP-North Extrasolar Planet Candidates. Candidates from Fields 17hr < RA < 18hr
T. A. Lister, R. G. West, D. M. Wilson, A. Collier Cameron, W. I., Clarkson, R. A. Street, B. Enoch, N. R. Parley, D. J. Christian, S. R. Kane,, A. Evans, A. Fitzsimmons, C. A. Haswell, C. Hellier, S. T. Hodgkin, Keith, Horne, J. Irwin, F. P. Keenan, A. J. Norton, J. Osborne

TL;DR
This study reports the discovery of 7 new transiting exoplanet candidates from a large photometric survey of nearly 7 million stars, using a modified detection algorithm and rigorous candidate validation.
Contribution
It presents a large-scale survey using SuperWASP-North, applying a modified BLS algorithm to identify and validate new transiting exoplanet candidates in the 17-18hr RA fields.
Findings
7 transiting planet candidates pass all validation tests.
58 initial candidates identified with high S/N and multiple dips.
Survey covers over 185,000 stars with quality data.
Abstract
We have performed photometric observations of nearly 7 million stars with 8 < V < 15 with the SuperWASP-North instrument from La Palma between 2004 May-September. Fields in the RA range 17-18hr, yielding over 185,000 stars with sufficient quality data, have been searched for transits using a modified box least-squares (BLS) algorithm. We find a total of 58 initial transiting candidates which have high S/N in the BLS, show multiple transit-like dips and have passed visual inspection. Analysis of the blending and inferred planetary radii for these candidates leaves a total of 7 transiting planet candidates which pass all the tests plus 4 which pass the majority. We discuss the derived parameters for these candidates and their properties and comment on the implications for future transit searches.
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