An Analysis of Transiting Hot Jupiters Observed with K2: WASP-55b and WASP-75b

Abstract

We present our analysis of the K2 short-cadence data of two previously known hot Jupiter exoplanets: WASP-55b and WASP-75b. The high precision of the K2 lightcurves enabled us to search for transit timing and duration variations, rotational modulation, starspots, phase-curve variations and additional transiting planets. We identified stellar variability in the WASP-75 lightcurve which may be an indication of rotational modulation, with an estimated period of $11.2\pm 1.5$ days. We combined this with the spectroscopically measured $v\sin (i_{\ast })$ to calculate a possible line of sight projected inclination angle of $i_{\ast }=41\pm 16^{\circ }$. We also perform a global analysis of K2 and previously published data to refine the system parameters.

6 pages, 6 figures

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