Detection of the ellipsoidal and the relativistic beaming effects in the CoRoT-3 lightcurve
arXiv:1008.3028 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015550
Abstract
CoRoT-3b is a 22 Jupiter-mass massive-planet/brown-dwarf object, orbiting an F3-star with a period of 4.3 days. We analyzed the out-of-transit CoRoT-3 red-channel lightcurve obtained by the CoRoT mission and detected the ellipsoidal modulation, with half the orbital period and amplitude of 59+/-9 ppm (parts per million) and the relativistic beaming effect, with the orbital period and an amplitude of 27+/-9 ppm. Phases and amplitudes of both modulations were consistent with our theoretical approximation.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. 5 pages, 2 figures