- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/422/1988
- Title:
- Three short-period, transiting exoplanets
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/422/1988
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of three extrasolar planets that transit their moderately bright (m_V_=12-13) host stars. WASP-44b is a 0.89-M_Jup_ planet in a 2.42-day orbit around a G8V star. WASP-45b is a 1.03-M_Jup_ planet which passes in front of the limb of its K2V host star every 3.13-days. Weak CaII H&K emission seen in the spectra of WASP-45 suggests that the star is chromospherically active. WASP-46b is a 2.10-M_Jup_ planet in a 1.43-day orbit around a G6V star. Rotational modulation of the light curves of WASP-46 and weak CaII H&K emission in its spectra show the star to be photospherically and chromospherically active.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/664/1185
- Title:
- Three transits of the exoplanet TrES-2
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/664/1185
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Of the nearby transiting exoplanets that are amenable to detailed study, TrES-2 is both the most massive and the one with the largest impact parameter. We present z-band photometry of three transits of TrES-2. We improve on the estimates of the planetary, stellar, and orbital parameters, in conjunction with the spectroscopic analysis of the host star by Sozzetti and coworkers. We find the planetary radius to be Rp=1.222+/-0.038R_Jup_ and the stellar radius to be R*=1.003+/-0.027R_{sun}_. The quoted uncertainties include the systematic error due to the uncertainty in the stellar mass (M*=0.980+/-0.062 M_{sun}_) The timings of the transits have an accuracy of 25s and are consistent with a uniform period, thus providing a baseline for future observations with the NASA Kepler satellite, whose field of view will include TrES-2.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/230/16
- Title:
- 05 through L3 empirical stellar spectra from SDSS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/230/16
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a library of empirical stellar spectra created using spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey. The templates cover spectral types O5 through L3, are binned by metallicity from -2.0dex through +1.0dex, and are separated into main-sequence (dwarf) stars and giant stars. With recently developed M dwarf metallicity indicators, we are able to extend the metallicity bins down through the spectral subtype M8, making this the first empirical library with this degree of temperature and metallicity coverage. The wavelength coverage for the templates is from 3650 to 10200{AA} at a resolution of better than R~2000. Using the templates, we identify trends in color space with metallicity and surface gravity, which will be useful for analyzing large data sets from upcoming missions like the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. Along with the templates, we are releasing a code for automatically (and/or visually) identifying the spectral type and metallicity of a star.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/161/65
- Title:
- THYME. IV. 3 Exoplanets around TOI-451 B
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/161/65
- Date:
- 11 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Young exoplanets can offer insight into the evolution of planetary atmospheres, compositions, and architectures. We present the discovery of the young planetary system TOI-451 (TIC257605131, GaiaDR24844691297067063424). TOI-451 is a member of the 120Myr old Pisces-Eridanus stream (Psc-Eri). We confirm membership in the stream with its kinematics, its lithium abundance, and the rotation and UV excesses of both TOI451 and its wide-binary companion, TOI-451B (itself likely an M-dwarf binary). We identified three candidate planets transiting in the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite data and followed up the signals with photometry from Spitzer and ground-based telescopes. The system comprises three validated planets at periods of 1.9, 9.2, and 16days, with radii of 1.9, 3.1, and 4.1 R, respectively. The host star is near-solar mass with V=11.0 and H=9.3 and displays an infrared excess indicative of a debris disk. The planets offer excellent prospects for transmission spectroscopy with the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, providing the opportunity to study planetary atmospheres that may still be in the process of evolving.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/161/171
- Title:
- THYME. V. Discovering a new stellar association
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/161/171
- Date:
- 08 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The detection and characterization of young planetary systems offer a direct path to study the processes that shape planet evolution. We report on the discovery of a sub-Neptune-sized planet orbiting the young star HD110082 (TOI-1098). Transit events we initially detected during TESS Cycle 1 are validated with time-series photometry from Spitzer. High-contrast imaging and high-resolution, optical spectra are also obtained to characterize the stellar host and confirm the planetary nature of the transits. The host star is a late-F dwarf (M*=1.2M{sun}) with a low-mass, M dwarf binary companion (M*=0.26M{sun}) separated by nearly one arcminute (~6200au). Based on its rapid rotation and Lithium absorption, HD110082 is young, but is not a member of any known group of young stars (despite proximity to the Octans association). To measure the age of the system, we search for coeval, phase-space neighbors and compile a sample of candidate siblings to compare with the empirical sequences of young clusters and to apply quantitative age-dating techniques. In doing so, we find that HD110082 resides in a new young stellar association we designate MELANGE-1, with an age of 250_-70_^+50^Myr. Jointly modeling the TESS and Spitzer light curves, we measure a planetary orbital period of 10.1827days and radius of Rp=3.2{+/-}0.1R{Earth}. HD110082b's radius falls in the largest 12% of field-age systems with similar host-star mass and orbital period. This finding supports previous studies indicating that young planets have larger radii than their field-age counterparts.
21176. THz spectrum of methylamine
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/563/A137
- Title:
- THz spectrum of methylamine
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/563/A137
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Methylamine (CH_3_NH_2_) is the simplest primary alkylamine and has been detected in the interstellar medium. The molecule is relatively light, with the 50K Boltzmann peak appearing near 800GHz. However, reliable predictions for its rotational spectrum are available only up to 500GHz. Spectroscopic analyses have been complicated by the two large amplitude motions: internal rotation of the methyl top and inversion of the amino group. The aims is to provide reliable predictions of the methylamine ground state rotational spectrum above 500GHz we studied its rotational spectrum in the frequency range from 500 to 2650GHz. The spectra of methylamine were recorded using the spectrometers based on Schottky diode frequency multiplication chains in the Lille laboratory (500-945GHz) and in JPL (1060-2660GHz). The analysis of the rotational spectrum of methylamine in the ground vibrational state was performed on the basis of the group-theoretical high barrier tunneling Hamiltonian developed for methylamine by Ohashi and Hougen. In the recorded spectra we have assigned 1849 new rotational transitions of methylamine. They were fitted together with previously published data to a Hamiltonian model that uses 76 parameters with overall weighted rms deviation of 0.87. On the basis of the new spectroscopic results, predictions of transition frequencies in the frequency range up to 3THz with J<50 and Ka<20 are presented.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/576/A39
- Title:
- THz spectrum of the monodeuterated methyl formate
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/576/A39
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Laboratory spectral recordings and accurate molecular spectral analysis of any potential interstellar molecule are essential to generate a complete spectroscopic line list. This permits the prediction of the frequencies and intensities of any transition for its subsequent identification in the interstellar medium. Present analysis of DCOOCH_3_ is aimed to provide a comprehensive spectral catalog that encompasses as much as possible the frequency coverage of the new generation far-IR and submillimeter wave observation facilities. A new measurement of the rotational spectrum of DCOOCH_3_ has been carried out in the JPL laboratory in the frequency range from 0.85 to 1.5 THz. The new data were analyzed jointly with literature data using the Rho Axis Method (RAM), a tool developed for the spectral analysis of molecules with large amplitude internal CH_3_ rotors. Twenty seven spectroscopic constants of DCOOCH_3_ have been fitted to 3763 transitions with maximum values of J=69 and Ka=36 of the ground torsional state with a standard (unitless) deviation of 0.97. With respect to prior work, this is a significantly better result that was obtained with 2060 more transitions while also achieving a better accuracy for the new parameter values.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/751/156
- Title:
- Ti and Fe lines in red supergiants
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/751/156
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Detailed non-LTE (NLTE) calculations for red supergiant (RSG) stars are presented to investigate the influence of NLTE on the formation of atomic iron and titanium lines in the J band. With their enormous brightness at J band RSG stars are ideal probes of cosmic abundances. Recent LTE studies have found that metallicities accurate to 0.15 dex can be determined from medium-resolution spectroscopy of individual RSGs in galaxies as distant as 10 Mpc. The NLTE results obtained in this investigation support these findings. NLTE abundance corrections for iron are smaller than 0.05 dex for effective temperatures between 3400 K and 4200 K and 0.1 dex at 4400 K. For titanium the NLTE abundance corrections vary smoothly between -0.4 dex and +0.2 dex as a function of effective temperature. For both elements, the corrections also depend on stellar gravity and metallicity. The physical reasons behind the NLTE corrections and the consequences for extragalactic J-band abundance studies are discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/495/2713
- Title:
- TIC-231005575 photometric and RV curves
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/495/2713
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has produced a large number of single transit event candidates which are being monitored by the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). We observed a second epoch for the TIC-231005575 system (Tmag=12.06, Teff=5500+/-85K) with NGTS and a third epoch with Las Cumbres Observatory's (LCO) telescope in South Africa to constrain the orbital period (P=61.777d). Subsequent radial velocity measurements with CORALIE revealed the transiting object has a mass of M2=0.128+/-0.003M_{sun}_, indicating the system is a G-M binary. The radius of the secondary is R2=0.154+/-0.008R_{sun}_ and is consistent with models of stellar evolution to better than 1-{sigma}.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/891/58
- Title:
- TIC star exposure times for JWST, LUVOIR and OST
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/891/58
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The search for water-rich Earth-sized exoplanets around low-mass stars is rapidly gaining attention because they represent the best opportunity to characterize habitable planets in the near future. Understanding the atmospheres of these planets and determining the optimal strategy for characterizing them through transmission spectroscopy with our upcoming instrumentation is essential in order to constrain their environments. For this study, we present simulated transmission spectra of tidally locked Earth-sized ocean-covered planets around late-M to mid-K stellar spectral types, utilizing the results of general circulation models previously published by Kopparapu+ (2017ApJ...845....5K) as inputs for our radiative transfer calculations performed using NASA's Planetary Spectrum Generator (psg.gsfc.nasa.gov). We identify trends in the depth of H2O spectral features as a function of planet surface temperature and rotation rate. These trends allow us to calculate the exposure times necessary to detect water vapor in the atmospheres of aquaplanets through transmission spectroscopy with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as well as several future flagship space telescope concepts under consideration (the Large UV Optical Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) and the Origins Space Telescope (OST)) for a target list constructed from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Input Catalog (TIC). Our calculations reveal that transmission spectra for water-rich Earth-sized planets around low-mass stars will be dominated by clouds, with spectral features <20ppm, and only a small subset of TIC stars would allow for the characterization of an ocean planet in the habitable zone. We thus present a careful prioritization of targets that are most amenable to follow-up characterizations with next-generation instrumentation, in order to assist the community in efficiently utilizing precious telescope time.
