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2016ApJ...823..122W - Astrophys. J., 823, 122 (2016/June-1)

3.6 and 4.5 µm Spitzer phase curves of the highly irradiated hot jupiters WASP-19b and HAT-P-7b.

WONG I., KNUTSON H.A., KATARIA T., LEWIS N.K., BURROWS A., FORTNEY J.J., SCHWARTZ J., SHPORER A., AGOL E., COWAN N.B., DEMING D., DESERT J.-M., FULTON B.J., HOWARD A.W., LANGTON J., LAUGHLIN G., SHOWMAN A.P. and TODOROV K.

Abstract (from CDS):

We analyze full-orbit phase curve observations of the transiting hot Jupiters WASP-19b and HAT-P-7b at 3.6 and 4.5 µm, obtained using the Spitzer Space Telescope. For WASP-19b, we measure secondary eclipse depths of 0.485%±0.024% and 0.584%±0.029% at 3.6 and 4.5 µm, which are consistent with a single blackbody with effective temperature 2372±60 K. The measured 3.6 and 4.5 µm secondary eclipse depths for HAT-P-7b are 0.156%±0.009% and 0.190%±0.006% , which are well described by a single blackbody with effective temperature 2667±57 K. Comparing the phase curves to the predictions of one-dimensional and three-dimensional atmospheric models, we find that WASP-19b's dayside emission is consistent with a model atmosphere with no dayside thermal inversion and moderately efficient day-night circulation. We also detect an eastward-shifted hotspot, which suggests the presence of a superrotating equatorial jet. In contrast, HAT-P-7b's dayside emission suggests a dayside thermal inversion and relatively inefficient day-night circulation; no hotspot shift is detected. For both planets, these same models do not agree with the measured nightside emission. The discrepancies in the model-data comparisons for WASP-19b might be explained by high-altitude silicate clouds on the nightside and/or high atmospheric metallicity, while the very low 3.6 µm nightside planetary brightness for HAT-P-7b may be indicative of an enhanced global C/O ratio. We compute Bond albedos of 0.38±0.06 and 0 ( \lt 0.08 at 1σ) for WASP-19b and HAT-P-7b, respectively. In the context of other planets with thermal phase curve measurements, we show that WASP-19b and HAT-P-7b fit the general trend of decreasing day-night heat recirculation with increasing irradiation.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): planetary systems - stars: individual: WASP-19 and HAT-P-7 - techniques: photometric

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