Investigation of Transit Timing and an Optical Transmission Spectrum of the Hot Jupiter WASP-11 b

TL;DR

This study refines the parameters and transit timing of the hot Jupiter WASP-11 b, finds no evidence of orbital decay or additional planets, and suggests a Rayleigh scattering slope in its atmosphere from multi-band optical data.

Contribution

The paper provides new transit observations, updates planetary parameters, and analyzes atmospheric transmission spectra of WASP-11 b with no signs of orbital decay or additional planets.

Findings

No significant orbital decay detected over 16 years.

No evidence of additional planets from TTV analysis.

Strong Rayleigh scattering slope observed in transmission spectrum.

Abstract

WASP-11~b/HAT-P-10~b is an inflated hot Jupiter, which has a low density that makes it a good target for atmospheric studies using the transmission spectroscopy technique. In this work, we present 31 new transit light curves of WASP-11~b/HAT-P-10~b, obtained through the SPEARNET network. These data were analyzed along with previously published ground-based observations and space-based data from \texttt{TESS}. We refine the planetary parameters of WASP-11~b/HAT-P-10~b and perform a transit timing analysis using data spanning 16 years. The updated ($O-C$) diagram shows no significant evidence of orbital decay. The TTV analysis reveals no significant signals indicative of additional planets. Atmospheric analysis using multi-band optical observations indicates a strong Rayleigh scattering slope in the transmission spectra, which may originate from the planetary atmosphere itself or be influenced by contamination such as stellar activity or light from the companion star.