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Smanchan Chandaiam

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

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.

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The Transit Timing and Transmission Spectrum of Hot Jupiter WASP-43 b from a decade of Multi-band Transit Follow-up Observations

We present a new set of 35 transit light curves of the hot Jupiter WASP-43~b, obtained through the SPEARNET network. These datasets were analyzed together with previously published ground-based observations, as well as space-based data from \emph{TESS}, \emph{HST}, and \emph{JWST}, to refine the planetary parameters of WASP-43~b. A total of 188 mid-transit times, measured with \texttt{TransitFit}, were analyzed for potential timing variations. The transit timing variations do not show any significant evidence of orbital decay. Atmospheric retrievals using \emph{HST}/WFC3 G141 transmission spectra suggest that higher-temperature solutions are associated with higher water abundances. However, when these data are combined with observations from ground-based telescopes, \emph{TESS}, and \emph{JWST}, the increased modeling complexity across the broad wavelength baseline presents significant challenges for atmospheric characterization. These results highlight that high-precision, multi-instrument datasets will be necessary to break existing degeneracies in the atmospheric modeling of this target in the future.

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