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Title: Characterization of the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32Ab and the M-dwarf companion HAT-P-32B

Abstract

We report secondary eclipse photometry of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32Ab, taken with Hale/Wide-field Infra-Red Camera (WIRC) in H and K{sub S} bands and with Spitzer/IRAC at 3.6 and 4.5 μm. We carried out adaptive optics imaging of the planet host star HAT-P-32A and its companion HAT-P-32B in the near-IR and the visible. We clearly resolve the two stars from each other and find a separation of 2.''923 ± 0.''004 and a position angle 110.°64 ± 0.°12. We measure the flux ratios of the binary in g'r'i'z' and H and K{sub S} bands, and determine T {sub eff}= 3565 ± 82 K for the companion star, corresponding to an M1.5 dwarf. We use PHOENIX stellar atmosphere models to correct the dilution of the secondary eclipse depths of the hot Jupiter due to the presence of the M1.5 companion. We also improve the secondary eclipse photometry by accounting for the non-classical, flux-dependent nonlinearity of the WIRC IR detector in the H band. We measure planet-to-star flux ratios of 0.090% ± 0.033%, 0.178% ± 0.057%, 0.364% ± 0.016%, and 0.438% ± 0.020% in the H, K{sub S} , 3.6 and 4.5 μm bands, respectively. We compare these with planetary atmospheric models, and findmore » they prefer an atmosphere with a temperature inversion and inefficient heat redistribution. However, we also find that the data are equally well described by a blackbody model for the planet with T {sub p} = 2042 ± 50 K. Finally, we measure a secondary eclipse timing offset of 0.3 ± 1.3 minutes from the predicted mid-eclipse time, which constrains e = 0.0072{sub −0.0064}{sup +0.0700} when combined with radial velocity data and is more consistent with a circular orbit.« less

Authors:
; ;  [1]; ; ;  [2];  [3];  [4]; ;  [5]; ;  [6];  [7];  [8];  [9];  [10]
  1. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802 (United States)
  2. Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  3. Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 4 Ivy Lane, Princeton, NJ 08544 (United States)
  4. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (United States)
  5. Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Hilo, HI 96720-2700 (United States)
  6. Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255 (United States)
  8. Department of Astronomy, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 (United States)
  9. Department of Planetary Sciences and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 (United States)
  10. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, CA 91109 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22370130
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 796; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; DILUTION; ECLIPSE; OPTICS; ORBITS; PHOTOMETRY; RADIAL VELOCITY; RESOLUTION; STARS; STELLAR ATMOSPHERES; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS

Citation Formats

Zhao, Ming, Wright, Jason T., Curtis, Jason, O'Rourke, Joseph G., Knutson, Heather A., Ngo, Henry, Burrows, Adam, Fortney, Johnathan, Fulton, Benjamin J., Baranec, Christoph, Riddle, Reed, Hinkley, Sasha, Law, Nicholas M., Muirhead, Philip S., Showman, Adam P., and Burruss, Rick. Characterization of the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32Ab and the M-dwarf companion HAT-P-32B. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/115.
Zhao, Ming, Wright, Jason T., Curtis, Jason, O'Rourke, Joseph G., Knutson, Heather A., Ngo, Henry, Burrows, Adam, Fortney, Johnathan, Fulton, Benjamin J., Baranec, Christoph, Riddle, Reed, Hinkley, Sasha, Law, Nicholas M., Muirhead, Philip S., Showman, Adam P., & Burruss, Rick. Characterization of the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32Ab and the M-dwarf companion HAT-P-32B. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/115
Zhao, Ming, Wright, Jason T., Curtis, Jason, O'Rourke, Joseph G., Knutson, Heather A., Ngo, Henry, Burrows, Adam, Fortney, Johnathan, Fulton, Benjamin J., Baranec, Christoph, Riddle, Reed, Hinkley, Sasha, Law, Nicholas M., Muirhead, Philip S., Showman, Adam P., and Burruss, Rick. 2014. "Characterization of the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32Ab and the M-dwarf companion HAT-P-32B". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/115.
@article{osti_22370130,
title = {Characterization of the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32Ab and the M-dwarf companion HAT-P-32B},
author = {Zhao, Ming and Wright, Jason T. and Curtis, Jason and O'Rourke, Joseph G. and Knutson, Heather A. and Ngo, Henry and Burrows, Adam and Fortney, Johnathan and Fulton, Benjamin J. and Baranec, Christoph and Riddle, Reed and Hinkley, Sasha and Law, Nicholas M. and Muirhead, Philip S. and Showman, Adam P. and Burruss, Rick},
abstractNote = {We report secondary eclipse photometry of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32Ab, taken with Hale/Wide-field Infra-Red Camera (WIRC) in H and K{sub S} bands and with Spitzer/IRAC at 3.6 and 4.5 μm. We carried out adaptive optics imaging of the planet host star HAT-P-32A and its companion HAT-P-32B in the near-IR and the visible. We clearly resolve the two stars from each other and find a separation of 2.''923 ± 0.''004 and a position angle 110.°64 ± 0.°12. We measure the flux ratios of the binary in g'r'i'z' and H and K{sub S} bands, and determine T {sub eff}= 3565 ± 82 K for the companion star, corresponding to an M1.5 dwarf. We use PHOENIX stellar atmosphere models to correct the dilution of the secondary eclipse depths of the hot Jupiter due to the presence of the M1.5 companion. We also improve the secondary eclipse photometry by accounting for the non-classical, flux-dependent nonlinearity of the WIRC IR detector in the H band. We measure planet-to-star flux ratios of 0.090% ± 0.033%, 0.178% ± 0.057%, 0.364% ± 0.016%, and 0.438% ± 0.020% in the H, K{sub S} , 3.6 and 4.5 μm bands, respectively. We compare these with planetary atmospheric models, and find they prefer an atmosphere with a temperature inversion and inefficient heat redistribution. However, we also find that the data are equally well described by a blackbody model for the planet with T {sub p} = 2042 ± 50 K. Finally, we measure a secondary eclipse timing offset of 0.3 ± 1.3 minutes from the predicted mid-eclipse time, which constrains e = 0.0072{sub −0.0064}{sup +0.0700} when combined with radial velocity data and is more consistent with a circular orbit.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/115},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22370130}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
issn = {0004-637X},
number = 2,
volume = 796,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}