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

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

2012-03-27

arxiv.org/abs/1203.6017v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

7 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables. Submitted to A&A

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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 {\mu}m 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 Str\"{o}mgren u and y bands, with the CAHA 2.2-m telescope. Results. We measure occultation depths of 0.159 \pm 0.013 per cent at 3.6 {\mu}m and 0.202 \pm 0.018 per cent at 4.5 {\mu}m. The corresponding planetary brightness temperatures are 1974 \pm 71 K and 1944 \pm 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 \pm 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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