High-precision transit observations of the exoplanet WASP-13b with the RISE instrument

Author： Barros S. C. C. Pollacco D. L. Gibson N. P. Keenan F. P. Skillen I. Steele I. A.

ISSN： 0035-8711

Source： Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.419, Iss.2, 2012-01, pp. : 1248-1253

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Abstract

ABSTRACTWASP-13b is a sub-Jupiter mass exoplanet orbiting a G1V type star with a period of 4.35 d. The current uncertainty in its impact parameter (0 < b < 0.46) results in poorly defined stellar and planetary radii. To better constrain the impact parameter, we have obtained high-precision transit observations with the rapid imager to search for exoplanets (RISE) instrument mounted on 2.0-m Liverpool Telescope. We present four new transits which are fitted with a Markov chain Monte Carlo routine to derive accurate system parameters. We found an orbital inclination of 852 ± 03 resulting in stellar and planetary radii of 1.56 ± 0.04 R_⊙ and 1.39 ± 0.05R_Jup, respectively. This suggests that the host star has evolved off the main sequence and is in the hydrogen-shell-burning phase. We also discuss how the limb darkening affects the derived system parameters. With a density of 0.17ρ_J, WASP-13b joins the group of low-density planets whose radii are too large to be explained by standard irradiation models. We derive a new ephemeris for the system, T₀= 245 5575.5136 ± 0.0016 (HJD) and P= 4.353 011 ± 0.000 013 d. The planet equilibrium temperature (T_equ= 1500 K) and the bright host star (V= 10.4 mag) make it a good candidate for follow-up atmospheric studies.

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