- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/595/A61
- Title:
- Detection of the secondary eclipse of Qatar-1b
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/595/A61
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Qatar-1b is a close-orbiting hot Jupiter (Rp~=1.18R_J_, Mp~=1.33M_J_) around a metal-rich K-dwarf, with orbital separation and period of 0.023AU and 1.42-days. We have observed the secondary eclipse of this exoplanet in the Ks band with the objective of deriving a brightness temperature for the planet and providing further constraints to the orbital configuration of the system. We obtained near-infrared photometric data from the ground by using the OMEGA2000 instrument at the 3.5m telescope at Calar Alto (Spain) in staring mode, with the telescope defocused. We have used principal component analysis (PCA) to identify correlated systematic trends in the data. A Markov chain Monte Carlo analysis was performed to model the correlated systematics and fit for the secondary eclipse of Qatar-1b using a previously developed occultation model. We adopted the prayer bead method to assess the effect of red noise on the derived parameters.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/536/L9
- Title:
- Detections of transit variations in KOI 806
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/536/L9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the detection of transit timing variations (TTVs) well in excess of one hour in the Kepler multi-planet candidate system KOI 806. This system exhibits transits consistent with three separate planets - a Super-Earth, a Jupiter, and a Saturn - lying very nearly in a 1:2:5 resonance, respectively.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/771/L45
- Title:
- 3D global climate models for exoplanet around M-star
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/771/L45
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The habitable zone (HZ) is the circumstellar region where a planet can sustain surface liquid water. Searching for terrestrial planets in the HZ of nearby stars is the stated goal of ongoing and planned extrasolar planet surveys. Previous estimates of the inner edge of the HZ were based on one-dimensional radiative-convective models. The most serious limitation of these models is the inability to predict cloud behavior. Here we use global climate models with sophisticated cloud schemes to show that due to a stabilizing cloud feedback, tidally locked planets can be habitable at twice the stellar flux found by previous studies. This dramatically expands the HZ and roughly doubles the frequency of habitable planets orbiting red dwarf stars. At high stellar flux, strong convection produces thick water clouds near the substellar location that greatly increase the planetary albedo and reduce surface temperatures. Higher insolation produces stronger substellar convection and therefore higher albedo, making this phenomenon a stabilizing climate feedback. Substellar clouds also effectively block outgoing radiation from the surface, reducing or even completely reversing the thermal emission contrast between dayside and nightside. The presence of substellar water clouds and the resulting clement surface conditions will therefore be detectable with the James Webb Space Telescope.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/680/728
- Title:
- Diameters of exoplanet host stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/680/728
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have measured the angular diameters for a sample of 24 exoplanet host stars using Georgia State University's CHARA Array interferometer. We use these improved angular diameters together with Hipparcos parallax measurements to derive linear radii and to estimate the stars' evolutionary states.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/146/113
- Title:
- Differential griz photometry of HATS-3
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/146/113
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery by the HATSouth survey of HATS-3b, a transiting extrasolar planet orbiting a V=12.4 F dwarf star. HATS-3b has a period of P=3.5479days, mass of M_p_=1.07M_J_, and radius of R_p_=1.38R _J_. Given the radius of the planet, the brightness of the host star, and the stellar rotational velocity (vsini=9.0km/s), this system will make an interesting target for future observations to measure the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and determine its spin-orbit alignment. We detail the low-/medium-resolution reconnaissance spectroscopy that we are now using to deal with large numbers of transiting planet candidates produced by the HATSouth survey. We show that this important step in discovering planets produces logg and T_eff_ parameters at a precision suitable for efficient candidate vetting, as well as efficiently identifying stellar mass eclipsing binaries with radial velocity semi-amplitudes as low as 1km/s.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/144
- Title:
- Differential griz photometry of HATS-5
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/144
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of HATS-5b, a transiting hot Saturn orbiting a G-type star, by the HATSouth survey. HATS-5b has a mass of M_p_{approx}0.24M_J_, radius of R_p_{approx}0.91R_J_, and transits its host star with a period of P{approx}4.7634days. The radius of HATS-5b is consistent with both theoretical and empirical models. The host star has a V-band magnitude of 12.6, mass of 0.94M_{sun}_, and radius of 0.87R_{sun}_. The relatively high scale height of HATS-5b and the bright, photometrically quiet host star make this planet a favorable target for future transmission spectroscopy follow-up observations. We reexamine the correlations in radius, equilibrium temperature, and metallicity of the close-in gas giants and find hot Jupiter-mass planets to exhibit the strongest dependence between radius and equilibrium temperature. We find no significant dependence in radius and metallicity for the close-in gas giant population.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/614/A35
- Title:
- Differential photometry of GJ1214
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/614/A35
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To investigate the star spots of the M dwarf GJ 1214, we conducted a multi-color photometric monitoring from 2012 to 2016. We measured the rotation period of the host star, measured an increase in variability amplitude, determined the permanent spot filling factor, the spot temperature contrast and persistent longitudes. We determined the effect of the star spots on the planetary transmission spectrum.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/715/458
- Title:
- Differential photometry of HAT-P-14
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/715/458
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of HAT-P-14b, a fairly massive transiting extrasolar planet orbiting the moderately bright star GSC 3086-00152 (V=9.98), with a period of P=4.627669+/-0.000005 days. The transit is close to grazing (impact parameter 0.891^+0.007^_-0.008_) and has a duration of 0.0912+/-0.0017 days, with a reference epoch of mid-transit of T_c_=2454875.28938+/-0.00047 (BJD). The orbit is slightly eccentric (e=0.107+/-0.013), and the orientation is such that occultations are unlikely to occur. The host star is a slightly evolved mid-F dwarf with a mass of 1.386+/-0.045M_{sun}_, a radius of 1.468+/-0.054R_{sun}_, effective temperature 6600+/-90K, and a slightly metal-rich composition corresponding to [Fe/H]=+0.11+/-0.08. The planet has a mass of 2.232+/-0.059M_J_ and a radius of 1.150+/-0.052R_J_, implying a mean density of 1.82+/-0.24g/cm^3^. Its radius is well reproduced by theoretical models for the 1.3Gyr age of the system if the planet has a heavy-element fraction of about 50M_{earth}_ (7% of its total mass). The brightness, near-grazing orientation, and other properties of HAT-P-14 make it a favorable transiting system to look for changes in the orbital elements or transit timing variations induced by a possible second planet, and also to place meaningful constraints on the presence of sub-Earth mass or Earth-mass exomoons, by monitoring it for transit duration variations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/813/111
- Title:
- Differential photometry of the K dwarf HATS-7
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/813/111
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery by the HATSouth network of HATS-7b, a transiting Super-Neptune with a mass of 0.120+/-0.012M_J_, a radius of 0.563_-0.034_^+0.046^R_J_, and an orbital period of 3.1853 days. The host star is a moderately bright (V=13.340+/-0.010mag, Ks=10.976+/-0.026mag) K dwarf star with a mass of 0.849+/-0.027M_{sun}_, a radius of 0.815_-0.035_^+0.049^R_{sun}_, and a metallicity of [Fe/H]=+0.250+/-0.080. The star is photometrically quiet to within the precision of the HATSouth measurements, has low RV jitter, and shows no evidence for chromospheric activity in its spectrum. HATS-7b is the second smallest radius planet discovered by a wide-field ground-based transit survey, and one of only a handful of Neptune-size planets with mass and radius determined to 10% precision. Theoretical modeling of HATS-7b yields a hydrogen-helium fraction of 18+/-4% (rock-iron core and H_2_-He envelope), or 9+/-4% (ice core and H_2_-He envelope), i.e., it has a composition broadly similar to that of Uranus and Neptune, and very different from that of Saturn, which has 75% of its mass in H_2_-He. Based on a sample of transiting exoplanets with accurately (<20%) determined parameters, we establish approximate power-law relations for the envelopes of the mass-density distribution of exoplanets. HATS-7b, which, together with the recently discovered HATS-8b, is one of the first two transiting super-Neptunes discovered in the Southern sky, is a prime target for additional follow-up observations with Southern hemisphere facilities to characterize the atmospheres of Super-Neptunes (which we define as objects with mass greater than that of Neptune, and smaller than halfway between that of Neptune and Saturn, i.e., 0.054M_J_<M_p_<0.18M_J_).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/122/162
- Title:
- Direct imaging of exoplanets
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/122/162
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- High-contrast imaging can find and characterize gas giant planets around nearby young stars and the closest M stars, complementing radial velocity and astrometric searches by exploring orbital separations inaccessible to indirect methods. Ground-based coronagraphs are already probing within 25AU of nearby young stars to find objects as small as 3M_{Jup}_. This paper contrasts near-term and future ground-based capabilities with high-contrast imaging modes of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Monte Carlo modeling reveals that JWST can detect planets with masses as small as 0.2M_{Jup}_ across a broad range of orbital separations. We present new calculations for planet brightness as a function of mass and age for specific JWST filters and extending to 0.1M_{Jup}_.