Power-2 limb-darkening law from STAGGER-grid

I use the transformed parameters h_1_=1-c(1-2^(-{alpha})^) and h_2_=c2^(-{alpha}^) to directly compare these optimized limb-darkening parameters to the limb darkening measured from Kepler light curves of 16 transiting exoplanet systems. The posterior probability distributions (PPDs) of the transformed parameters h_1_ and h_2_ resulting from the light curve analysis are found to be much less strongly correlated than the PPDs for c and {alpha}.

The agreement between the computed and observed values of (h_1_, h_2_) is generally very good but there are significant differences between the observed and computed values for Kepler-17, the only star in the sample that shows significant variability between the eclipses due to magnetic activity (star spots). The tabulation of h_1_ and h_2_ provided here can be used to accurately model the light curves of transiting exoplanets.

I also provide estimates of the priors that should be applied to transformed parameters h_1_ and h_2_ based on my analysis of the Kepler light curves of 16 stars transiting exoplanets.