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2011A&A...531A..24T - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 531A, 24-24 (2011/7-1)

WASP-23b: a transiting hot Jupiter around a K dwarf and its Rossiter-McLaughlin effect.

TRIAUD A.H.M.J., QUELOZ D., HELLIER C., GILLON M., SMALLEY B., HEBB L., COLLIER CAMERON A., ANDERSON D., BOISSE I., HEBRARD G., JEHIN E., LISTER T., LOVIS C., MAXTED P.F.L., PEPE F., POLLACCO D., SEGRANSAN D., SIMPSON E., UDRY S. and WEST R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of a new transiting planet in the southern hemisphere. It was found by the WASP-south transit survey and confirmed photometrically and spectroscopically by the 1.2m Swiss Euler telescope, LCOGT 2m Faulkes South Telescope, the 60cm TRAPPIST telescope, and the ESO 3.6m telescope. The orbital period of the planet is 2.94 days. We find that it is a gas giant with a mass of 0.88±0.10MJ and an estimated radius of 0.96±0.05RJ. We obtained spectra during transit with the HARPS spectrograph and detect the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect despite its small amplitude. Because of the low signal-to-noise ratio of the effect and a small impact parameter, we cannot place a strong constraint on the projected spin-orbit angle. We find two conflicting values for the stellar rotation. We find, via spectral line broadening, that vsin I=2.2±0.3km/s, while applying another method, based on the activity level using the index logR'HK, gives an equatorial rotation velocity of only v=1.35±0.20km/s. Using these as priors in our analysis, the planet might be either misaligned or aligned. This result raises doubts about the use of such priors. There is evidence of neither eccentricity nor any radial velocity drift with time.

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Journal keyword(s): binaries: eclipsing - planetary systems - stars: individual: WASP-23 - techniques: spectroscopic - techniques: photometric - stars: rotation

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/A+A/531/A24): lc1.dat lc2.dat lc3.dat lc4.dat lc5.dat lc6.dat lc7.dat rv1.dat rv2.dat>

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