Inside the PLATO Data Center: Data Products for the Stellar Community

Abstract This poster provides a concise guide to PLATO data products and how they can be leveraged for cool-star research. The PLATO Input Catalog (PIC) contains about 290,000 stars, for which fluxes will be measured and 20,000 targets for which imagettes will be created. The PIC covers F, G and K stars which makes the PLATO data products relevant for cool star research. PLATO data product categories (i.e. imagettes, light curves, planetary candidates, asteroseismic mode parameters, stellar parameters and catalog of planetary systems) are outlined and two examples, that is light curves and imagettes, are detailled. The PLATO data release policy is different for the defined scientific samples: Proprietary Sample (PropS) products will be released six months after the completion of the ground-based observations for the confirmation and characterisation of the associated planet(s). Prime Sample (PS) products will be released no later than one year after the three month Level-1 product validation period. All other products will be released 3 months after validation ends. The PIC, L2 and L3 data products are computed by the PLATO Data Center (PDC). The PDC consists of the
“Exoplanet Analysis System” (EAS), the “Stellar Analysis System” (SAS), the “Preparatory and Follow-up Database Management“ (PFU) and the “PIC Generation and Distribution” (PIC-DST). The “Data Analysis Support Tools” (DAST) are used for validating and releasing the data products while the “Plato Data Center Database” (PDC-DB) provides data distribution and archive services for the PDC. Final data products will be provided to the community through the PLATO ArXive (PAX).