WASP-1: A lithium- and metal-rich star with an oversized planet

Details WASP-1: A lithium- and metal-rich star with an oversized planet WASP-1: A lithium- and metal-rich star with an oversized planet

2007-05-11

arxiv.org/abs/0705.1677v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.379:773-778,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 6 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11976.x

In this paper we present our results of a comprehensive spectroscopicanalysis of WASP-1, the host star to the exoplanet WASP-1b. We derive T_eff = 6110 +/- 45 K, log g = 4.28 +/- 0.15, and [M/H] = 0.23 +/- 0.08, and also a high abundance of lithium, log n(Li) = 2.91 +/- 0.05. These parameters suggests an age for the system of 1-3 Gyr and a stellar mass of 1.25-1.35 M_sun. This means that WASP-1 has properties very similar to those of HD 149026, the host star for the highest density planet yet detected. Moreover, their planets orbit at comparable distances and receive comparable irradiating fluxes from their host stars. However, despite the similarity of WASP-1 with HD 149026, their planets have strongly different densities. This suggests that gas-giant planet density is not a simple function of host-star metallicity or of radiation environment at ages of ~2 Gyr.

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