Seeking Echoes of Circumstellar Disks in Kepler Light Curves
Seeking Echoes of Circumstellar Disks in Kepler Light Curves
Light echoes of flares on active stars offer the opportunity for direct detection of circumstellar dust. We revisit the problem of identifying faint echoes in post-flare light curves, focusing on debris disks from on-going planet formation. Starting with simulations, we develop an algorithm for estimating the radial extent and total …