- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/141/11
- Title:
- Spitzer observations of planet-host stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/141/11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Since giant planets scatter planetesimals within a few tidal radii of their orbits, the locations of existing planetesimal belts indicate regions where giant planet formation failed in bygone protostellar disks. Infrared observations of circumstellar dust produced by colliding planetesimals are therefore powerful probes of the formation histories of known planets. Here we present new Spitzer infrared spectrograph (IRS) spectrophotometry of 111 solar-type stars, including 105 planet hosts. Our observations reveal 11 debris disks, including two previously undetected debris disks orbiting HD 108874 and HD 130322. Combining the 32um spectrophotometry with previously published MIPS photometry, we find that the majority of debris disks around solar-type stars have temperatures in the range 60<~T_dust_<~100K. Assuming a dust temperature T_dust_=70K, which is representative of the nine debris disks detected by both IRS and MIPS, debris rings surrounding Sun-like stars orbit between 15 and 240AU depending on the mean particle size. Our observations imply that the planets detected by radial-velocity searches formed within 240AU of their parent stars. If any of the debris disks studied here have mostly large, blackbody emitting grains, their companion giant planets must have formed in a narrow region between the ice line and 15AU.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/471/L51
- Title:
- Spitzer observations of the hot Neptune GJ 436b
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/471/L51
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Spitzer Space Telescope infrared photometry of a primary transit of the hot Neptune GJ 436b. The observations were obtained using the 8{mu}m band of the InfraRed Array Camera (IRAC).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/786/2
- Title:
- Spitzer photometric time series of HD 97658
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/786/2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Super-Earths transiting nearby bright stars are key objects that simultaneously allow for accurate measurements of both their mass and radius, providing essential constraints on their internal composition. We present here the confirmation, based on Spitzer transit observations, that the super-Earth HD 97658 b transits its host star. HD 97658 is a low-mass (M_*_=0.77+/-0.05 M_{sun}_) K1 dwarf, as determined from the Hipparcos parallax and stellar evolution modeling. To constrain the planet parameters, we carry out Bayesian global analyses of Keck-High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (Keck-HIRES) radial velocities and Microvariability and Oscillations of STars (MOST) and Spitzer photometry. HD 97658 b is a massive (M_p_=7.55_-0.79_^+0.83^ M_{earth}_) and large (R_p_=2.247_0.095_^+0.098^ R_{earth}_ at 4.5 {mu}m) super-Earth. We investigate the possible internal compositions for HD 97658 b. Our results indicate a large rocky component, of at least 60% by mass, and very little H-He components, at most 2% by mass. We also discuss how future asteroseismic observations can improve the knowledge of the HD 97658 system, in particular by constraining its age. Orbiting a bright host star, HD 97658 b will be a key target for upcoming space missions such as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS), the Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO), and the James Webb Space Telescope to characterize thoroughly its structure and atmosphere.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/610/A55
- Title:
- Spitzer secondary eclipses of Qatar-1b
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/610/A55
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Previous secondary eclipse observations of the hot Jupiter Qatar-1b in the Ks band suggest that it may have an unusually high day side temperature, indicative of minimal heat redistribution. There have also been indications that the orbit may be slightly eccentric, possibly forced by another planet in the system. We investigate the day side temperature and orbital eccentricity using secondary eclipse observations with Spitzer. We observed the secondary eclipse with Spitzer/IRAC in subarray mode, in both 3.6 and 4.5um wavelengths. We used pixel-level decorrelation to correct for Spitzer's intra-pixel sensitivity variations and thereby obtain accurate eclipse depths and central phases.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/593/A38
- Title:
- SPOTS II. Planets Orbiting Two Stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/593/A38
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A large number of direct imaging surveys for exoplanets have been performed in recent years, yielding the first directly imaged planets and providing constraints on the prevalence and distribution of wide planetary systems. However, like most of the radial velocity ones, these generally focus on single stars, hence binaries and higher-order multiples have not been studied to the same level of scrutiny. This motivated the Search for Planets Orbiting Two Stars (SPOTS) survey, which is an ongoing direct imaging study of a large sample of close binaries, started with VLT/NACO and now continuing with VLT/SPHERE. To complement this survey, we have identified the close binary targets in 24 published direct imaging surveys. Here we present our statistical analysis of this combined body of data. We analysed a sample of 117 tight binary systems, using a combined Monte Carlo and Bayesian approach to derive the expected values of the frequency of companions, for different values of the companion's semi-major axis. Our analysis suggest that the frequency of sub-stellar companions in wide orbit is moderately low (=>13% with a best value of 6% at 95% confidence level) and not significantly different between single stars and tight binaries. One implication of this result is that the very high frequency of circumbinary planets in wide orbits around post-common envelope binaries, implied by eclipse timing, cannot be uniquely due to planets formed before the common-envelope phase (first generation planets), supporting instead the second generation planet formation or a non-Keplerian origin of the timing variations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/161
- Title:
- Stars nearby Robo-AO Kepler planetary candidates
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/155/161
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the overall statistical results from the Robo-AO Kepler planetary candidate survey, comprising of 3857 high-angular resolution observations of planetary candidate systems with Robo-AO, an automated laser adaptive optics system. These observations reveal previously unknown nearby stars blended with the planetary candidate host stars that alter the derived planetary radii or may be the source of an astrophysical false positive transit signal. In the first three papers in the survey, we detected 440 nearby stars around 3313 planetary candidate host stars. In this paper, we present observations of 532 planetary candidate host stars, detecting 94 companions around 88 stars; 84 of these companions have not previously been observed in high resolution. We also report 50 more-widely separated companions near 715 targets previously observed by Robo-AO. We derive corrected planetary radius estimates for the 814 planetary candidates in systems with a detected nearby star. If planetary candidates are equally likely to orbit the primary or secondary star, the radius estimates for planetary candidates in systems with likely bound nearby stars increase by a factor of 1.54, on average. We find that 35 previously believed rocky planet candidates are likely not rocky due to the presence of nearby stars. From the combined data sets from the complete Robo-AO KOI survey, we find that 14.5+/-0.5% of planetary candidate hosts have a nearby star with 4", while 1.2% have two nearby stars, and 0.08% have three. We find that 16% of Earth-sized, 13% of Neptune-sized, 14% of Saturn-sized, and 19% of Jupiter-sized planet candidates have detected nearby stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/448/429
- Title:
- Starspots in short-period Kepler binaries
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/448/429
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on a new method for tracking the phases of the orbital modulations in very short-period, near-contact, and contact binary systems in order to follow starspots. We apply this technique to Kepler light curves for 414 binary systems that were identified as having anticorrelated O-C curves for the mid-times of the primary and secondary eclipses, or in the case of non-eclipsing systems, their light-curve minima. This phase tracking approach extracts more information about starspot and binary system behaviour than may be easily obtained from the O-C curves. We confirm the hypothesis of Tran et al. that we can successfully follow the rotational motions of spots on the surfaces of the stars in these binaries. In ~34% of the systems, the spot rotation is retrograde as viewed in the frame rotating with the orbital motion, while ~13% show significant prograde spot rotation. The remaining systems show either little spot rotation or erratic behaviour, or sometimes include intervals of both types of behaviour. We discuss the possibility that the relative motions of spots are related to differential rotation of the stars. It is clear from this study that the motions of the starspots in at least 50% of these short-period binaries are not exactly synchronized with the orbits.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/474/5158
- Title:
- Stars with hot Jupiter exoplanets
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/474/5158
- Date:
- 07 Dec 2021 00:40:26
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a grid of forward model transmission spectra, adopting an isothermal temperature-pressure profile, alongside corresponding equilibrium chemical abundances for 117 observationally significant hot exoplanets (equilibrium temperatures of 547-2710K). This model grid has been developed using a 1D radiative-convective-chemical equilibrium model termed ATMO, with up-to-date high-temperature opacities. We present an interpretation of observations of 10 exoplanets, including best-fitting parameters and {chi}^2^ maps. In agreement with previous works, we find a continuum from clear to hazy/cloudy atmospheres for this sample of hot Jupiters. The data for all the 10 planets are consistent with subsolar to solar C/O ratio, 0.005 to 10 times solar metallicity and water rather than methane-dominated infrared spectra. We then explore the range of simulated atmospheric spectra for different exoplanets, based on characteristics such as temperature, metallicity, C/O ratio, haziness and cloudiness. We find a transition value for the metallicity between 10 and 50 times solar, which leads to substantial changes in the transmission spectra. We also find a transition value of C/O ratio, from water to carbon species dominated infrared spectra, as found by previous works, revealing a temperature dependence of this transition point ranging from ~0.56 to ~1-1.3 for equilibrium temperatures from ~900 to ~2600K. We highlight the potential of the spectral features of HCN and C2H2 to constrain the metallicities and C/O ratios of planets, using James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations. Finally, our entire grid (~460000 simulations) is publicly available and can be used directly with the JWST simulator PandExo for planning observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/121/2189
- Title:
- Stars within 8 pc of the Sun
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/121/2189
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the technique and results of a survey of stars within 8pc of the Sun with declinations {delta}>-35{deg} (J2000.00). The survey, designed to find without color bias faint companions, consists of optical coronagraphic images of the 1 field of view centered on each star and infrared direct images with a 32" field of view. The images were obtained through the optical Gunn r and z filters and the infrared J and K filters. The survey achieves sensitivities up to 4 absolute magnitudes fainter than the prototype brown dwarf, Gliese 229B. However, this sensitivity varies with the seeing conditions, the intrinsic brightness of the star observed, and the angular distance from the star. As a result, we tabulate sensitivity limits for each star in the survey. We used the criterion of common proper motion to distinguish companions and to determine their luminosities. In addition to the brown dwarf Gl 229B, we have identified six new stellar companions of the sample stars. Since the survey began, accurate trigonometric parallax measurements for most of the stars have become available. As a result, some of the stars we originally included should no longer be included in the 8pc sample. In addition, the 8pc sample is incomplete at the faint end of the main sequence, complicating our calculation of the binary fraction of brown dwarfs. We assess the sensitivity of the survey to stellar companions and to brown dwarf companions of different masses and ages.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/535/A55
- Title:
- 4 stars with long-period planets
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/535/A55
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the discovery of four new long-period planets within the HARPS high-precision sample: HD137388b (Msini=0.22M_Jup_), HD204941b (Msini=0.27M_Jup_), HD7199b (Msini=0.29M_Jup_), HD7449b (Msini=1.04M_Jup_). A long-period companion, probably a second planet, is also found orbiting HD7449. Planets around HD137388, HD204941, and HD7199 have rather low eccentricities (less than 0.4) relative to the 0.82 eccentricity of HD7449b. All these planets were discovered even though their hosting stars have clear signs of activity.
