Exploiting timing capabilities of the CHEOPS mission with warm-Jupiter planets

Autor(en)
L. Borsato, G. Piotto, D. Gandolfi, Valerio Nascimbeni, G. Lacedelli, F. Marzari, N. Billot, P. F. L. Maxted, S. Sousa, A. C. Cameron, A. Bonfanti, T. G. Wilson, L. M. Serrano, Z. Garai, Y. Alibert, R. Alonso, J. Asquier, T. Barczy, T. Bandy, D. Barrado, S. C. C. Barros, W. Baumjohann, M. Beck, T. Beck, W. Benz, X. Bonfils, A. Brandeker, C. Broeg, J. Cabrera, S. Charnoz, S. Csizmadia, M. B. Davies, M. Deleuil, L. Delrez, O. Demangeon, B-O Demory, A. L. des Etangs, D. Ehrenreich, A. Erikson, G. A. Escude, A. Fortier, L. Fossati, M. Fridlund, M. Gillon, M. Guedel, J. Hasiba, K. Heng, S. Hoyer, K. G. Isaak, L. Kiss, E. Kopp, J. Laskar, M. Lendl, C. Lovis, D. Magrin, M. Munari, G. Olofsson, R. Ottensamer, Marco Pagano, E. Palle, G. Peter, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, R. Ragazzoni, N. Rando, H. Rauer, Joan Ribas, D. Segransan, N. C. Santos, G. Scandariato, A. Simon, A. M. S. Smith, M. Steller, G. Szabo, N. Thomas, S. Udry, V. Van Grootel, N. Walton
Abstrakt

We present 17 transit light curves of seven known warm-Jupiters observed with the CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS). The light curves have been collected as part of the CHEOPS Guaranteed Time Observation (GTO) program that searches for transit-timing variation (TTV) of warm-Jupiters induced by a possible external perturber to shed light on the evolution path of such planetary systems. We describe the CHEOPS observation process, from the planning to the data analysis. In this work, we focused on the timing performance of CHEOPS, the impact of the sampling of the transit phases, and the improvement we can obtain by combining multiple transits together. We reached the highest precision on the transit time of about 13-16 s for the brightest target (WASP-38, G = 9.2) in our sample. From the combined analysis of multiple transits of fainter targets with G ≥ 11, we obtained a timing precision of ~2 min. Additional observations with CHEOPS, covering a longer temporal baseline, will further improve the precision on the transit times and will allow us to detect possible TTV signals induced by an external perturber.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Astrophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Università degli Studi di Padova, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Universität Genf, Keele University, Universidade do Porto, University of St. Andrews, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Universität Bern, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Universidad de La Laguna, European Space Research & Technology Centre (ESA/ESTEC), Admatis, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, Stockholm University, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Université de Paris, Lund University, Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Liège, Université Paris IV - Paris-Sorbonne, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Leiden University, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Warwick, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Observatoire de Paris, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, University of Cambridge, Technische Universität Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin (FU)
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Band
506
Seiten
3810-3830
Anzahl der Seiten
21
ISSN
0035-8711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1782
Publikationsdatum
09-2021
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
103003 Astronomie, 103004 Astrophysik, 103038 Weltraumforschung
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/9f7ccb23-08c0-418a-9235-070062dd5bb7