[en] We present new measurements of the Rossiter-McLaughlin (RM) effect for three Wide Angle Search for transiting Planets (WASP) planetary systems, WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31, from a combined analysis of their complete sets of photometric and spectroscopic data. We find a low-amplitude RM effect for WASP-16 (T[SUB]eff[/SUB]= 5700 ± 150 K), suggesting that the star is a slow rotator and thus of an advanced age, and obtain a projected alignment angle of ?. For WASP-25 (T[SUB]eff[/SUB]= 5750 ± 100 K), we detect a projected spin-orbit angle of λ= 14°.6 ± 6°.7. WASP-31 (T[SUB]eff[/SUB]= 6300 ± 100 K) is found to be well aligned, with a projected spin-orbit angle of λ= 2°.8 ± 3°.1. A circular orbit is consistent with the data for all three systems, in agreement with their respective discovery papers. We consider the results for these systems in the context of the ensemble of RM measurements made to date. We find that whilst WASP-16 fits the hypothesis of Winn et al. that 'cool' stars (T[SUB]eff[/SUB] < 6250 K) are preferentially aligned, WASP-31 has little impact on the proposed trend. We bring the total distribution of the true spin-orbit alignment angle, ψ, up to date, noting that recent results have improved the agreement with the theory of Fabrycky & Tremaine at mid-range angles. We also suggest a new test for judging misalignment using the Bayesian information criterion, according to which WASP-25 b's orbit should be considered to be aligned.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Brown, D J A; SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS
Cameron, A Collier; SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS
Anderson, D R; Astrophysics Group, School of Chemistry and Physics, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
Enoch, B; SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS
Hellier, C; Astrophysics Group, School of Chemistry and Physics, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
Maxted, P F L; Astrophysics Group, School of Chemistry and Physics, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
Miller, G R M; SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS
Pollacco, D; Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics & Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN
Queloz, D; Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève, Chemin des Maillettes 51, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
Simpson, E; Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics & Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN
Smalley, B; Astrophysics Group, School of Chemistry and Physics, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
Triaud, A H M J; Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève, Chemin des Maillettes 51, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
Boisse, I; Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762 Porto, Portugal
Bouchy, F; Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, UMR7095 CNRS, Université Pierre & Marie Curie, 98bis Boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris, France ; Observatoire de Haute Provence, CNRS/OAMP, 04870 St Michel l'Observatoire, France
Gillon, Michaël ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique et traitement de l'image
Hébrard, G; Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, UMR7095 CNRS, Université Pierre & Marie Curie, 98bis Boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris, France ; Observatoire de Haute Provence, CNRS/OAMP, 04870 St Michel l'Observatoire, France
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