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Thermal emission from WASP-24b at 3.6 and 4.5 μm

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Date
01/09/2012
Author
Smith, Alexis Michael Sheridan
Anderson, D. R.
Madhusudhan, N.
Southworth, J.
Cameron, Andrew Collier
Blecic, J.
Harrington, J.
Hellier, C.
Maxted, P. F. L.
Pollacco, D.
Queloz, D.
Smalley, B.
Triaud, A. H. M. J.
Wheatley, P. J.
Funder
Science & Technology Facilities Council
Science & Technology Facilities Council
Grant ID
ST/J001651/1
PP/F000065/1
Keywords
Planetary systems
Planets and satellites: atmospheres
Stars: individual: WASP-24
Planets and satellites: individual: WASP-24b
Infrared: planetary systems
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
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Aims. We observe occultations of WASP-24b to measure brightness temperatures and to determine whether or not its atmosphere exhibits a thermal inversion (stratosphere). Methods. We observed occultations of WASP-24b at 3.6 and 4.5 μm using the Spitzer Space Telescope. It has been suggested that there is a correlation between stellar activity and the presence of inversions, so we analysed existing HARPS spectra in order to calculate log R′HK for WASP-24 and thus determine whether or not the star is chromospherically active. We also observed a transit of WASP-24b in the Strömgren u and y bands, with the CAHA 2.2-m telescope. Results. We measure occultation depths of 0.159 ± 0.013 per cent at 3.6 μm and 0.202 ± 0.018 per cent at 4.5 μm. The corresponding planetary brightness temperatures are 1974 ± 71 K and 1944 ± 85 K respectively. Atmosphere models with and without a thermal inversion fit the data equally well; we are unable to constrain the presence of an inversion without additional occultation measurements in the near-IR. We find log R′HK = −4.98 ± 0.12, indicating that WASP-24 is not a chromospherically active star. Our global analysis of new and previously-published data has refined the system parameters, and we find no evidence that the orbit of WASP-24b is non-circular. Conclusions. These results emphasise the importance of complementing Spitzer measurements with observations at shorter wavelengths to gain a full understanding of hot Jupiter atmospheres.
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Smith , A M S , Anderson , D R , Madhusudhan , N , Southworth , J , Cameron , A C , Blecic , J , Harrington , J , Hellier , C , Maxted , P F L , Pollacco , D , Queloz , D , Smalley , B , Triaud , A H M J & Wheatley , P J 2012 , ' Thermal emission from WASP-24b at 3.6 and 4.5 μm ' , Astronomy & Astrophysics , vol. 545 . https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219294
Publication
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219294
ISSN
0004-6361
Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright ESO 2012. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219294.
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http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012A%26A...545A..93S
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8144

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