QLP Data Release Notes 001: K2 + TESS Analysis

TL;DR

This paper presents a combined analysis of K2 and TESS light curves using the Quick-Look Pipeline, enabling efficient detection of exoplanet transits in overlapping sectors for targets down to TESS magnitude 13.5.

Contribution

It introduces updates to the QLP codebase for joint K2 and TESS data analysis, enhancing transit detection and candidate triage capabilities.

Findings

Successful integration of K2 and TESS light curves in QLP

Improved detection of exoplanet transits in overlapping sectors

Enhanced candidate triage process for combined data

Abstract

TESS will target the ecliptic plane in Sectors 42 - 46. These sectors overlap with campaigns from the K2 mission, providing a unique opportunity for multi-mission light curve analysis. This data release note describes the combined analysis of K2 and TESS light curves as part of the Quick-Look Pipeline (QLP) procedure, which processes light curves for all targets in TESS Full-Frame Images (FFIs) down to TESS magnitude T = 13.5. We describe updates to our codebase, and the planet transit search, candidate triage, and report generation that are affected by this combined analysis.