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921. GTC transit light curves of WASP-127b
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/616/A145
Title:
GTC transit light curves of WASP-127b
Short Name:
J/A+A/616/A145
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Exoplanets with relatively clear atmospheres are prime targets for detailed studies of chemical compositions and abundances in their atmospheres. Alkali metals have been long suggested to exhibit broad wings due to pressure broadening, but most of the alkali detections only show very narrow absorption cores, probably due to the presence of clouds. Here we report the strong detection of the pressure-broadened spectral profiles of Na, K, and Li absorption in the atmosphere of the super-Neptune WASP-127b, at 5.0{sigma}, 4.1{sigma}, and 3.4{sigma}, respectively. We performed a spectral retrieval modeling on the high-quality optical transmission spectrum newly acquired with the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), in combination with the re-analyzed optical transmission spectrum obtained with the 2.5m Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT). By assuming a patchy cloudy model, we retrieved the abundances of Na, K, and Li, which are super-solar at 3.7{sigma} for K and 5.1{sigma} for Li (and only 1.8{sigma} for Na). We constrained the presence of haze coverage to be around 52%. We also found a hint of water absorption, but cannot constrain it with the global retrieval due to larger uncertainties in the probed wavelengths. WASP-127b will be extremely valuable for atmospheric characterization in the era of James Webb space telescope.
922. GTC transit light curves of WASP-52b
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/600/L11
Title:
GTC transit light curves of WASP-52b
Short Name:
J/A+A/600/L11
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report the first detection of sodium absorption in the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter WASP-52b. We observed one transit of WASP-52b with the low-resolution Optical System for Imaging and low-Intermediate-Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy (OSIRIS) at the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). The resulting transmission spectrum, covering the wavelength range from 522nm to 903nm, is flat and featureless, except for the significant narrow absorption signature at the sodium doublet, which can be explained by an atmosphere in solar composition with clouds at 1 mbar. A cloud-free atmosphere is stringently ruled out. By assessing the absorption depths of sodium in various bin widths, we find that temperature increases towards lower atmospheric pressure levels, with a positive temperature gradient of 0.88+/-0.65K/km , possibly indicative of upper atmospheric heating and a temperature inversion.
923. GTC transit light curves of WASP-69b
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/641/A158
Title:
GTC transit light curves of WASP-69b
Short Name:
J/A+A/641/A158
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
One of the major atmospheric features in exoplanet atmospheres, detectable both from ground- and space-based facilities, is Rayleigh scattering. In hydrogen-dominated planetary atmospheres Rayleigh scattering causes the measured planetary radius to increase towards blue wavelengths in the optical range. We obtained a spectrophotometic time series of one transit of the Saturn-mass planet WASP-69b using the OSIRIS instrument at the Gran Telescopio Canarias. From the data we construct 19 spectroscopic transit light curves representing 20nm wide wavelength bins spanning from 515nm-905nm. We derive the transit depth for each curve individually by fitting an analytical model together with a Gaussian Processes to account for systematic noise in the light curves. We find that the transit depth increases towards bluer wavelengths, indicative of a larger effective planet radius. Our results are consistent with space-based measurements obtained in the near infrared using the Hubble Space telescope, which show a compatible slope of the transmission spectrum. We discuss the origin of the detected slope and argue between two possible scenarios: a Rayleigh scattering detection originating in the planet's atmosphere or a stellar activity induced signal from the host star.
924. GTC transit light curves of WASP-48b
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/605/A114
Title:
GTC transit light curves of WASP-48b
Short Name:
J/A+A/605/A114
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We obtained long-slit optical spectroscopy of one transit of WASP-48b with the Optical System for Imaging and low-Intermediate-Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy (OSIRIS) spectrograph. We report a relatively flat transmission spectrum (wavelength coverage from 530 nm to 905 nm) for WASP-48b with no statistical significant detection of atmospheric species, although the theoretical models that fit the data more closely include TiO and VO.
925. G09v1.97 CO and H2O datacubes
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/624/A138
Title:
G09v1.97 CO and H2O datacubes
Short Name:
J/A+A/624/A138
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), we report high angular-resolution observations of the redshift z=3.63 galaxy H-ATLAS J083051.0+013224 (G09v1.97), one of the most luminous strongly lensed galaxies discovered by the Herschel-Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS). We present 0.2"-0.4" resolution images of the rest-frame 188 and 419um dust continuum and the CO(6-5), H_2_O(2_11_-2_02_), and Jup=2H_2_O^+^ line emission. We also report the detection of H_2_^18^O(2_11_-2_02_) in this source. The dust continuum and molecular gas emission are resolved into a nearly complete ~1.5" diameter Einstein ring plus a weaker image in the center, which is caused by a special dual deflector lensing configuration. The observed line profiles of the CO(6-5), H_2_O(2_11_-2_02_), and Jup=2H_2_O^+^ lines are strikingly similar. In the source plane, we reconstruct the dust continuum images and the spectral cubes of the CO, H_2_O, and H_2_O^+^ line emission at sub-kiloparsec scales. The reconstructed dust emission in the source plane is dominated by a compact disk with an effective radius of 0.7+/-0.1kpc plus an overlapping extended disk with a radius twice as large. While the average magnification for the dust continuum is {mu}~10-11, the magnification of the line emission varies from 5 to 22 across different velocity components. The line emission of CO(6-5), H_2_O(2_11_-2_02_), and H_2_O^+^ have similar spatial and kinematic distributions. The molecular gas and dust content reveal that G09v1.97 is a gas-rich major merger in its pre-coalescence phase, with a total molecular gas mass of ~10^11^M_{sun}_. Both of the merging companions are intrinsically ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) with infrared luminosities LIR reaching 4x10^12^L_{sun}_, and the total LIR of G09v1.97 is (1.4+/-0.7)x10^13^L_{sun}_. The approaching southern galaxy (dominating from V=-400 to -150km/s relative to the systemic velocity) shows no obvious kinematic structure with a semi-major half-light radius of a_s_=0.4kpc, while the receding galaxy (0 to 350km/s) resembles an a_s_=1.2kpc rotating disk. The two galaxies are separated by a projected distance of 1.3kpc, bridged by weak line emission (-150 to 0km/s) that is co-spatially located with the cold dust emission peak, suggesting a large amount of cold interstellar medium (ISM) in the interacting region. As one of the most luminous star-forming dusty high-redshift galaxies, G09v1.97 is an exceptional source for understanding the ISM in gas-rich starbursting major merging systems at high redshift.
926. HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. II.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/598/A26
Title:
HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. II.
Short Name:
J/A+A/598/A26
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The distribution of exoplanets around low-mass stars is still not well understood. Such stars, however, present an excellent opportunity for reaching down to the rocky and habitable planet domains. The number of current detections used for statistical purposes remains relatively modest and different surveys, using both photometry and precise radial velocities, are searching for planets around M dwarfs. Our HARPS-N red dwarf exoplanet survey is aimed at the detection of new planets around a sample of 78 selected stars, together with the subsequent characterization of their activity properties. Here we investigate the survey performance and strategy. From 2700 observed spectra, we compare the radial velocity determinations of the HARPS-N DRS pipeline and the HARPS-TERRA code, calculate the mean activity jitter level, evaluate the planet detection expectations, and address the general question of how to define the strategy of spectroscopic surveys in order to be most efficient in the detection of planets. We find that the HARPS-TERRA radial velocities show less scatter and we calculate a mean activity jitter of 2.3m/s for our sample. For a general radial velocity survey with limited observing time, the number of observations per star is key for the detection efficiency. In the case of an early M-type target sample, we conclude that approximately 50 observations per star with exposure times of 900s and precisions of approximately 1m/s maximizes the number of planet detections.
927. HADES VI. GJ 3942b activity with HARPS-N
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/608/A63
Title:
HADES VI. GJ 3942b activity with HARPS-N
Short Name:
J/A+A/608/A63
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Short- to mid-term magnetic phenomena on the stellar surface of M-type stars can resemble the effects of planets in radial velocity data, and may also hide them. We analyze 145 spectroscopic HARPS-N observations of GJ 3942 taken over the past five years and additional photometry in order to disentangle stellar activity effects from genuine Doppler signals as a result of the orbital motion of the star around the common barycenter with its planet. To achieve this, we use the common methods of pre-whitening, and treat the correlated red noise by a first-order moving average term and by Gaussian-process regression following an MCMC analysis. We identify the rotational period of the star at 16.3-days and discover a new super-Earth, GJ 3942b, with an orbital period of 6.9-days and a minimum mass of 7.1M_Earth_. An additional signal in the periodogram of the residuals is present, but at this point we cannot claim with sufficient significance that it is related to a second planet. If confirmed, this planet candidate would have a minimum mass of 6.3M_Earth_ and a period of 10.4-days, which might indicate a 3:2 mean-motion resonance with the inner planet.
928. H{alpha}-activity in the SARG binary survey
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/596/A76
Title:
H{alpha}-activity in the SARG binary survey
Short Name:
J/A+A/596/A76
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Stellar activity influences radial velocity (RV) measurements and can also mimic the presence of orbiting planets. As part of the search for planets around the components of wide binaries performed with the SARG High Resolution Spectrograph at the TNG, it was discovered that HD 200466A shows strong variation in RV that is well correlated with the activity index based on H{alpha}. We used SARG to study the H{alpha} line variations in each component of the binaries and a few bright stars to test the capability of the H{alpha} index of revealing the rotation period or activity cycle. We also analysed the relations between the average activity level and other physical properties of the stars. We finally tried to reveal signals in the RVs that are due to the activity. At least in some cases the variation in the observed RVs is due to the stellar activity. We confirm that H{alpha} can be used as an activity indicator for solar-type stars and as an age indicator for stars younger than 1.5Gyr.
929. H{alpha} emission stars toward Bulge
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AN/324/437
Title:
H{alpha} emission stars toward Bulge
Short Name:
J/AN/324/437
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
This paper is dealing with the investigation of H-alpha emission stars towards the galactic bulge. In this important region 533 H-alpha emission stars have already been discovered. We add 98 new and 9 possible new (perhaps identical with known objects) H-alpha emission stars found in the objective-prism survey of planetary nebulae and we give the identification charts, the accurate coordinates as well as a rough description. The distribution in l, b of all objects shows the expected concentration towards the galactic equator with the maximum near l=0 and b=0 distorted probably due to strong interstellar extinction.
930. H{alpha} fluxes of Galactic planetary nebulae
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/431/2
Title:
H{alpha} fluxes of Galactic planetary nebulae
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/431/2
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a catalogue of new integrated H{alpha} fluxes for 1258 Galactic planetary nebulae (PNe), with the majority, totalling 1234, measured from the Southern H{alpha} Sky Survey Atlas (SHASSA) and/or the Virginia Tech Spectral-line Survey (VTSS). Aperture photometry on the continuum-subtracted digital images was performed to extract H{alpha}+[NII] fluxes in the case of SHASSA, and H{alpha} fluxes from VTSS. The [NII] contribution was then deconvolved from the SHASSA flux using spectrophotometric data taken from the literature or derived by us. Comparison with previous work shows that the flux scale presented here has no significant zero-point error. Our catalogue is the largest compilation of homogeneously derived PN fluxes in any waveband yet measured, and will be an important legacy and fresh benchmark for the community. Amongst its many applications, it can be used to determine statistical distances for these PNe, determine new absolute magnitudes for delineating the faint end of the PN luminosity function, provide baseline data for photoionization and hydrodynamical modelling, and allow better estimates of Zanstra temperatures for PN central stars with accurate optical photometry. We also provide total H{alpha} fluxes for another 75 objects which were formerly classified as PNe, as well as independent reddening determinations for ~270 PNe, derived from a comparison of our H{alpha} data with the best literature H{beta} fluxes. In an appendix, we list corrected H{alpha} fluxes for 49 PNe taken from the literature, including 24 PNe not detected on SHASSA or VTSS, re-calibrated to a common zero-point.

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