Transiting exoplanet TrES-3b CCD UBVR photometry

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We observed nine primary transits of the hot Jpiter TrES-3b in several optical and near-UV photometric bands from 2009 June to 2012 April in an attempt to detect its magnetic field. Vidotto, Jardine and Helling suggest that the magnetic field of TrES-3b can be constrained if its near-UV light curve shows an early ingress compared to its optical light curve, while its egress remains unaffected. Predicted magnetic field strengths of Jupiter-like planets should range between 8G and 30G. Using these magnetic field values and an assumed B* of 100G, the Vidotto et al. method predicts a timing difference of 5-11min. We did not detect an early ingress in our three nights of near-UV observations, despite an average cadence of 68 s and an average photometric precision of 3.7mmag. However, we determined an upper limit of TrES-3b's magnetic field strength to range between 0.013 and 1.3G (for a 1-100G magnetic field strength range for the host star, TrES-3) using a timing difference of 138s derived from the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem. To verify our results of an abnormally small magnetic field strength for TrES-3b and to further constrain the techniques of Vidotto et al., we propose future observations of TrES-3b with other platforms capable of achieving a shorter near-UV cadence. We also present a refinement of the physical parameters of TrES-3b, an updated ephemeris and its first published near-UV light curve. We find that the near-UV planetary radius of Rp=1.386+0.248-0.144RJup is consistent with the planet's optical radius.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.74280678
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Provenance
Creator Turner J.D.; Smart B.M.; Hardegree-Ullman K.K.; Carleton T.M.,Walker-Lafollette A.M.; Crawford B.E.; Smith C.-T.W.; McGraw A.M.,Small L.C.; Rocchetto M.; Cunningham K.I.; Towner A.P.M.; Zellem R.,Robertson A.N.; Guvenen B.C.; Schwarz K.R.; Hardegree-Ullman E.E.,Collura D.; Henz T.N.; Lejoly C.; Richardson L.L.; Weinand M.A.,Taylor J.M.; Daugherty M.J.; Wilson A.A.; Austin C.L.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2016
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Solar System Astronomy; Stellar Astronomy