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从星点掩星看凌日行星的轨道不确定性

Orbital obliquities of transiting planets from starspot occultations

John Southworth, Luigi Mancini

摘要:

当一颗行星在它的主星凌日过程中经过一个星点的前面时,它会在光变曲线上引起一个向上的小光点。用星点模拟凌日可以测量星点的大小、亮度和位置。如果在两次不同的凌日中都能观测到同一个光点,那么就有可能追踪到由于恒星旋转而引起的光点运动。恒星的自转周期和速度(Prot和Vsini)以及天空投影的系统轨道曲率(lambda)就可以确定了。如果一个人有三个或三个以上的观察同一点,真正的轨道平行度(psi)可以测量。我们正在对一些被凌日行星环绕的冷恒星进行这种分析。我们提出我们的结果,到目前为止,并编制一个目录的λ和psi测量点交叉事件。该方法对冷恒星特别有用,因此是对罗斯特-麦克劳克林效应研究的补充,后者在更热和旋转更快的恒星上表现得更好。

英文摘要:

When a planet passes in front of a starspot during a transit of its host star, it causes a small upward blip in the light curve. Modelling the transit with the starspot allows the size, brightness and position of the spot to be measured. If the same spot can be observed in two different transits, it is possible to track the motion of the spot due to the rotation of the star. The rotation period and velocity of the star (Prot and Vsini) and the sky-projected orbital obliquity of the system (lambda) can then be determined. If one has three or more observations of the same spot, the true orbital obliquity (psi) can be measured. We are performing this analysis for a number of cool stars orbited by transiting planets. We present our results so far and compile a catalogue of lambda and psi measurements from spot crossing events. The method is particularly useful for cool stars, and is therefore complementary to studies of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect, which perform better on hotter and faster-rotating stars.

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