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Multi-color simultaneous photometry of the T-Tauri star with planetary candidate, CVSO 30

Authors :
Tsuguru Ryu
Teruyuki Hirano
Motohide Tamura
Akihiko Fukui
Nobuhiko Kusakabe
Norio Narita
Masahiro Onitsuka
Source :
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 69
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2017.

Abstract

We present three-band simultaneous observations of a weak-line T-Tauri star CVSO~30 (PTFO~8-8695), which is one of the youngest objects having a candidate transiting planet. The data were obtained with the Multicolor Simultaneous Camera for studying Atmospheres of Transiting exoplanets (MuSCAT) on the 188 cm telescope at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory in Japan. We observed the fading event in the $g^{\prime}_2$-, $r^{\prime}_2$-, and $z_{\rm s,2}$-bands simultaneously. As a result, we find a significant wavelength dependence of fading depths of about 3.1\%, 1.7\%, 1.0\% for the $g^{\prime}_2$-, $r^{\prime}_2$-, and $z_{\rm s,2}$-bands, respectively. A cloudless H/He dominant atmosphere of a hot Jupiter cannot explain this large wavelength dependence. Additionally, we rule out a scenario by the occultation of the gravity-darkened host star. Thus our result is in favor of the fading origin as circumstellar dust clump or occultation of an accretion hotspot.<br />Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for PASJ Letters

Details

ISSN :
2053051X and 00046264
Volume :
69
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d651fced84fa230c84e08a9c8b169abe
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psx004