Stellar obliquity measurements of six gas giants

J Zak, A Bocchieri, E Sedaghati, HMJ Boffin… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - aanda.org
J Zak, A Bocchieri, E Sedaghati, HMJ Boffin, Z Prudil, M Skarka, Q Changeat, E Pascale…
arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.15631, 2024aanda.org
One can infer the orbital alignment of exoplanets with respect to the spin of their host stars
using the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect, thereby giving us the chance to test planet formation
and migration theories and improve our understanding of the currently observed population.
We analyzed archival HARPS and HARPS-N spectroscopic transit time series of six gas
giant exoplanets on short orbits, namely WASP-77 Ab, WASP-101b, WASP-103b, WASP-
105b, WASP-120b, and WASP-131b. We find a moderately misaligned orbit for WASP-101b …
Abstract
One can infer the orbital alignment of exoplanets with respect to the spin of their host stars using the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect, thereby giving us the chance to test planet formation and migration theories and improve our understanding of the currently observed population. We analyzed archival HARPS and HARPS-N spectroscopic transit time series of six gas giant exoplanets on short orbits, namely WASP-77 Ab, WASP-101b, WASP-103b, WASP-105b, WASP-120b, and WASP-131b. We find a moderately misaligned orbit for WASP-101b (λ= 34◦±3) and a highly misaligned orbit for WASP-131b (λ= 161◦±5), while the four remaining exoplanets appear to be aligned: WASP-77 Ab (λ=− 8◦+ 19
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