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- DV Time Series Files (.dvt.fits): These files contain the sector-stitched, detrended and whitened light curves searched by the TESS Pipeline. All TCEs found on a star in one search are contained in the same file.
- DV Reports (.dvr.pdf): These pdf files contain plots and statistics for each TCE. For example, the reports contain plots of folded light curves and in- and out-of transit difference images.
- DV One-Page Summary (.dvs.pdf): This one page summary contains a quick overview of each TCE and much of the most important information about the TCE to determine if the signal is likely caused by a transit or shows evidence of being caused by an eclipsing binary or instrumental noise. Each TCE gets its own file, so if multiple TCEs are found on the same target star, there will be multiple pdf files.
Results Catalogs
As the diagram above indicates, there are several overlapping populations of signals found in the TESS data that are related to the search for transiting planets. The TCEs found in the short cadence time series by the SPOC pipeline (as well as signals found by searching light curves created from the TESS FFIs) are turned into TESS Objects of Interest (TOI) when once the data signal is vetted and determined to be sufficiently consistent with a transit or eclipse. The TOI list contains both planet candidates and false positives. False The false positives are those with evidence of being an eclipsing binary. Once follow-up measurements reveal the planet's mass the planet and a paper is published, the planet is considered confirmed.
- Threshold Crossing Events (TCE): List of ephemerides (TIC number, Period, epoch) of signals that are highly correlated with a transit train. For each TCE, the project provides a highly detrended light curve file and a report showing relevant plots to evaluate whether the signal is a planet. These signals are not vetted and include false positives and instrumental false alarms.
- TESS Objects of Interest (TOI): Table containing the list of signals that are consistent being a transiting planet. This catalog provides a disposition of either planet candidate or false positive which can change as more information is gathered about a target from follow-up and additional analysis of the data.
- Confirmed Planets : Transiting planets found in the TESS data for which follow-up data provide a mass of the planet. See the exoFOP-TESS page for more information about what follow-up data are available.