Modelado del efecto de manchas frías en el perfil del tránsito de proto-planetas en estrellas jóvenes de tipo WTTS

LOVOS, F.; MERCEDES GÓMEZ; AHUMADA, J.; PETRUCCI, ROMINA; JOFRE E.

Congreso; Reunion Anual de la AAA; 2015

Weak Emission T Tauri stars (WTTS) are pre-main sequence stars with ages of 10 10 yr, stage at which circumstellar disk material is being used to form planets. This class of young stars shows photometric variations that correlate with the rotational period and are attributed to magnetic cold spots. To model the planet-spot-star system we use the soap-t code, that allows the construction of light curves including planetary transits and spots at the same time. We focus on the deformations that the spot introduces to the transit profile for the case of a proto-planet with 2 Jupiter radii. We consider spotted areas typical for WTTS covering from to of the visible stellar disk, with temperatures of 500 and 1400 K less than that of the stellar surface. The results show the modulation of the stellar brightness caused by the spot. In particular, this modulation increases the depth of the transit. Furthermore, when the spot is eclipsed by the proto-planet, a rebrightening is observed as the planet blocks a zone cooler than the rest of the stellar surface.