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Doppler Monitoring of the WASP-47 Multiplanet System

Authors :
Dai, Fei
Winn, Joshua N.
Arriagada, Pamela
Butler, R. Paul
Crane, Jeffrey D.
Johnson, John Asher
Shectman, Stephen A.
Teske, Johanna K.
Thompson, Ian B.
Vanderburg, Andrew
Wittenmyer, Robert A.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

We present precise Doppler observations of WASP-47, a transiting planetary system featuring a hot Jupiter with both inner and outer planetary companions. This system has an unusual architecture and also provides a rare opportunity to measure planet masses in two different ways: the Doppler method, and the analysis of transit-timing variations (TTV). Based on the new Doppler data, obtained with the Planet Finder Spectrograph on the Magellan/Clay 6.5m telescope, the mass of the hot Jupiter is $370 \pm 29~M_{\oplus}$. This is consistent with the previous Doppler determination as well as the TTV determination. For the inner planet WASP-47e, the Doppler data lead to a mass of $12.2\pm 3.7~ M_{\oplus}$, in agreement with the TTV-based upper limit of $<$22~$M_{\oplus}$ ($95\%$ confidence). For the outer planet WASP-47d, the Doppler mass constraint of $10.4\pm 8.4~M_{\oplus}$ is consistent with the TTV-based measurement of $15.2^{+6.7}_{-7.6}~ M_{\oplus}$.<br />Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted for ApJL

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1510.03811
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/813/1/L9