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720118.0,
MPI für Astronomie / Publikationen_mpia |
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. VIII. Observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and characterisation of the transiting planetary systems HAT-P-36 and WASP-11/HAT-P-10 |
Authors: | Mancini, L.; Esposito, M.; Covino, E.; Raia, G.; Southworth, J.; Tregloan-Reed, J.; Biazzo, K.; Bonomo, A. S.; Desidera, S.; Lanza, A. F.; Maciejewski, G.; Poretti, E.; Sozzetti, A.; Borsa, F.; Bruni, I.; Ciceri, S.; Claudi, R.; Cosentino, R.; Gratton, R.; Martinez Fiorenzano, A. F.; Lodato, G.; Lorenzi, V.; Marzari, F.; Murabito, S.; Affer, L.; Bignamini, A.; Bedin, L. R.; Boccato, C.; Damasso, M.; Henning, T.; Maggio, A.; Micela, G.; Molinari, E.; Pagano, I.; Piotto, G.; Rainer, M.; Scandariato, G.; Smareglia, R.; Zanmar Sanchez, R. | Date of Publication (YYYY-MM-DD): | 2015 | Title of Journal: | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Volume: | 579 | Start Page: | id. A136 (15 pp) | Audience: | Not Specified | Abstract / Description: | Context. Orbital obliquity is thought to be a fundamental parameter in tracing the physical mechanisms that cause the migration of giant planets from the snow line down to roughly 10-2 au from their host stars. We are carrying out a large programme to estimate the spin-orbit alignment of a sample of transiting planetary systems to study what the possible configurations of orbital obliquity are and whether they correlate with other stellar or planetary properties. <BR /> Aims: We determine the true and the projected obliquity of HAT-P-36 and WASP-11/HAT-P-10 systems, respectively, which are both composed of a relatively cool star (with effective temperature Teff< 6100 K) and a hot-Jupiter planet. <BR /> Methods: Thanks to the high-resolution spectrograph HARPS-N, we observed the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for both systems by acquiring precise (3-8 m s-1) radial-velocity measurements during planetary transit events. We also present photometric observations comprising six light curves that cover five transit events, which were obtained using three medium-class telescopes. One transit of WASP-11/HAT-P-10 was followed simultaneously from two observatories. The three transit light curves of HAT-P-36 b show anomalies that are attributable to starspot complexes on the surface of the parent star, in agreement with the analysis of its spectra that indicates moderate activity ( log R'HK = -4.65 dex). By analysing the complete HATNet data set of HAT-P-36, we estimated the stellar rotation period by detecting a periodic photometric modulation in the light curve caused by star spots, obtaining Prot = 15.3 ± 0.4 days, which implies that the inclination of the stellar rotational axis with respect to the line of sight is i⋆ = 65° ± 34°. <BR /> Results: We used the new spectroscopic and photometric data to revise the main physical parameters and measure the sky-projected misalignment angle of the two systems. We found λ = -14° ± 18° for HAT-P-36 and λ = 7° ± 5° for WASP-11/HAT-P-10, indicating in both cases a good spin-orbit alignment. In the case of HAT-P-36, we were also able to estimate an upper limit of its real obliquity, which turned out to be ψ< 63 degrees. Based on observations made with (i) the Italian 3.58 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo at the Observatory of Roque de los Muchachos; (ii) the Cassini 1.52 m telescope at the Astronomical Observatory of Bologna; (iii) the Zeiss 1.23 m telescope at the Observatory of Calar Alto, and the IAC 80 cm telescope at the Teide Observatory.Table 1 and Appendix A are available in electronic form at <A href="http://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526030/olm">http://www.aanda.org</A>Data of the light curves are only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to <A href="http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr">http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr</A> (ftp://130.79.128.5) or via <A href="http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/579/A136">http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/579/A136</A> | Free Keywords: | planetary systems; stars: fundamental parameters; techniques:; photometric; techniques: radial velocities; stars: individual:; HAT-P-36; stars: individual: WASP-11/HAT-P-10 | External Publication Status: | published | Document Type: | Article |
Communicated by: | N. N. | Affiliations: | MPI für Astronomie | Identifiers: | ISSN:0004-6361 URL:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015A%26A...579A.136...
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