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2013ApJ...773..144N - Astrophys. J., 773, 144 (2013/August-3)

Multi-color transit photometry of GJ 1214b through BJHKs bands and a long-term monitoring of the stellar variability of GJ 1214.

NARITA N., FUKUI A., IKOMA M., HORI Y., KUROSAKI K., KAWASHIMA Y., NAGAYAMA T., ONITSUKA M., SUKOM A., NAKAJIMA Y., TAMURA M., KURODA D., YANAGISAWA K., HIRANO T., KAWAUCHI K., KUZUHARA M., OHNUKI H., SUENAGA T., TAKAHASHI Y.H., IZUMIURA H., KAWAI N. and YOSHIDA M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present five new transit light curves of GJ 1214b taken in the BJHK sbands. Two transits were observed in the B band using the Subaru Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam) and the Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph (FOCAS) instruments on board the Subaru 8.2 m telescope, and one transit was done in the JHKs bands simultaneously with the Simultaneous Infrared Imager for Unbiased Survey (SIRIUS) camera on the Infrared Survey Facility (IRSF) 1.4 m telescope. Markov Chain Monte Carlo analyses show that the planet-to-star radius ratios are Rp/Rs= 0.11651±0.00065 (B band, Subaru/Suprime-Cam), Rp/Rs= 0.11601±0.00117 (B band, Subaru/FOCAS), Rp/Rs= 0.11654 ±0.00080 (J band, IRSF/SIRIUS), iRp/Rs = 0.11550–0.00153+0.00142 (H band, IRSF/SIRIUS), and Rp/Rs = 0.11547±0.00127 (Ksband, IRSF/SIRIUS). The Subaru Suprime-Cam transit photometry shows a possible spot-crossing feature. Comparisons of the new transit depths and those from previous studies with the theoretical models by Howe & Burrows suggest that the high molecular weight atmosphere (e.g., 1% H2 O + 99% N2) models are most likely, however, the low molecular weight (hydrogen-dominated) atmospheres with extensive clouds are still not excluded. We also report a long-term monitoring of the stellar brightness variability of GJ 1214 observed with the MITSuME 50 cm telescope in the g', Rc, and Ic bands simultaneously. The monitoring was conducted for 32 nights spanning 78 nights in 2012, and we find a periodic brightness variation with a period of Ps= 44.3±1.2 days and semi-amplitudes of 2.1%±0.4% in the g' band, 0.56%±0.08% in the Rcband, and 0.32%±0.04% in the Icband.

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Journal keyword(s): planetary systems - planets and satellites: atmospheres - planets and satellites: individual: GJ1214b - stars: individual: GJ1214 - techniques: photometric

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