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Sept 15, 2011 Nick Cowans Talk at ESS II WARM SPITZER PHASE VARIATIONS OF WASP-12B: DEFYING PREDICTIONS Nick Cowan CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Northwestern University September 15th 2011 WASP-12b: a Tortured World ~1 day orbit: Oblate Planet Tidally Warped: Prolate Planet Tday≈3000 K: MHD Effects Big Rp, small a: Roche-Lobe Overflow Accretion on Star/ Bow Shock Peculiar Eclipse Depths: High C/O ratio (Hebb et al. 2009; Ragozzine Wolf 2009; Li et al. 2010; Lai et al. 2011; Leconte et al. 2011; Fossati et al. 2010; Vidotto et al. 2010; Llama et al. 2011; Madhusudhan et al. 2011) Check Out These Posters: Crossfield 40.08 Petigura 33.03 Moses 40.04 Thermal + Ellipsoidal Variations Raw WASP-12b Photometry WASP-12b at 3.6 micron What Planets Are Supposed To Do WASP-12b at 3.6 micron WASP-12b at 4.5 micron Interpreting Ellipsoidal Variations Day-Side Emergent Spectrum Transmission Spectrum Choose Your Own Adventure 1. Prediction-Buster Roche-Lobe Opaque at 4.5 ?m + Gravity Brightened Terminator Weird Composition (not just high C/O) 2. Null Hypothesis Ellipsoidal Variations As Predicted Solar Composition? WASP-12b Power Budget EXOCLIMES 2012Aspen, COJan 16-20, 2012 * with Louis Shekhtman (NU undergrad) Machalek, Croll, Burrows, Deming Li et al. (2010) HAT-P-7b as seen by Kepler (Welsh et al. 2010) Brightness Phases: Planet Light Geometrical Phases: Projected Area Optical Light Observations Reflected Light Dominates Phases Star’s Shape Dominates Geometry Infrared Observations Thermal Emission Dominates Phases Planet’s Shape Dominates Geometry 3.6 micron 4.5 micron Transit Eclipse Eclipse Phase Function Intra-pixel sensitivity variations are the dominant systematic Gaussian Decorrelation (Ballard et al. 2010) Polynomial in Centroid x and y ?max = -53(7)° Atherm/Fp = 0.9(3) Noon SOP Dawn SOP Midnight SOP Dusk SOP Increasing Heat Capacity 1) Decreases Thermal Phase Amplitude 2) Increases Hot Spot Offset Cowan Agol (2011a) ?max = -53(7)° Aellips = 2(2)x