- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/255
- Title:
- Radial velocity and activity measurements of HAT-P-11
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/155/255
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- HAT-P-11 is a mid-K dwarf that hosts one of the first Neptune-sized planets found outside the solar system. The orbit of HAT-P-11b is misaligned with the star's spin-one of the few known cases of a misaligned planet orbiting a star less massive than the Sun. We find an additional planet in the system based on a decade of precision radial velocity (RV) measurements from Keck/High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer. HAT-P-11c is similar to Jupiter in its mass (M_P_sin i=1.6+/-0.1 M_J_) and orbital period (P=9.3_-0.5_^+1.0^ year), but has a much more eccentric orbit (e=0.60+/-0.03). In our joint modeling of RV and stellar activity, we found an activity-induced RV signal of ~7 m/s, consistent with other active K dwarfs, but significantly smaller than the 31 m/s reflex motion due to HAT-P-11c. We investigated the dynamical coupling between HAT-P-11b and c as a possible explanation for HAT-P-11b's misaligned orbit, finding that planet-planet Kozai interactions cannot tilt planet b's orbit due to general relativistic precession; however, nodal precession operating on million year timescales is a viable mechanism to explain HAT-P-11b's high obliquity. This leaves open the question of why HAT-P-11c may have such a tilted orbit. At a distance of 38 pc, the HAT-P-11 system offers rich opportunities for further exoplanet characterization through astrometry and direct imaging.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/623/A146
- Title:
- Radial Velocity and BIS measurements of Polaris
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/623/A146
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate temporally changing variability amplitudes and the multi- periodicity of the type-I Cepheid Polaris using 162 high-precision radial velocity (RV) and bisector inverse span (BIS) measurements based on optical spectra recorded using Hermes at the 1.2m Flemish Mercator telescope on La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Using an empirical template fitting method, we show that Polaris' RV amplitude has been stable to within ~30m/s between September 2011 and November 2018. We apply the template fitting method to publicly accessible, homogeneous RV data sets from the literature and provide an updated solution of Polaris' eccentric 29.3yr orbit. While the inferred pulsation-induced RV amplitudes differ among individual data sets, we find no evidence for time-variable RV amplitudes in any of the separately considered, homogeneous data sets. Additionally, we find that increasing photometric amplitudes determined using SMEI photometry are likely spurious detections due to as yet ill-understood systematic effects of instrumental origin. Given this confusing situation, further analysis of high-quality homogeneous data sets with well-understood systematics is required to confidently establish whether Polaris' variability amplitude is subject to change over time. We confirm periodic bisector variability periods of 3.97d and 40.22d using Hermes BIS measurements and identify a third signal at a period of 60.17d. Although the 60.17d signal dominates the BIS periodogram, we caution that this signal may not be independent of the 40.22d signal. Finally, we show that the 40.22d signal cannot be explained by stellar rotation. Further long-term, high-quality spectroscopic monitoring is required to unravel the complete set of Polaris' periodic signals, which has the potential to provide unprecedented insights into the evolution of Cepheid variables.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/903/110
- Title:
- Radial velocity and g-i color in M85 globular clusters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/903/110
- Date:
- 15 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a study on the stellar population and kinematics of globular clusters (GCs) in the peculiar galaxy M85. We obtain optical spectra of 89 GCs at 8kpc<R<160kpc using the MMT/Hectospec. We divide them into three groups, blue/green/red GCs (B/G/RGCs), with their (g-i)0 colors. All GC subpopulations have mean ages of about 10Gyr, but showing differences in metallicities. The BGCs and RGCs are the most metal-poor ([Z/H]~-1.49) and metal-rich ([Z/H]~-0.45), respectively, and the GGCs are in between. We find that the inner GC system exhibits a strong overall rotation that is entirely due to a disklike rotation of the RGC system. The BGC system shows little rotation. The GGCs show kinematic properties clearly distinct among the GC subpopulations, having higher mean velocities than the BGCs and RGCs and being aligned along the major axis of M85. This implies that the GGCs have an origin different from the other GC subpopulations. The rotation-corrected velocity dispersion of the RGC system is much lower than that of the BGC system, indicating the truncation of the red halo of M85. The BGCs have a flat velocity dispersion profile out to R=67kpc, reflecting the dark matter extent of M85. Using the velocity dispersion of the BGC system, we estimate the dynamical mass of M85 to be 3.8x1012M{sun}. We infer that M85 has undergone merging events lately, resulting in the peculiar kinematics of the GC system.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/157/141
- Title:
- Radial velocity and light curves of WASP-190
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/157/141
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of WASP-190b, an exoplanet on a 5.37 day orbit around a mildly evolved F6 IV-V star with V=11.7, T_eff_=6400+/-100 K, M_*_=1.35+/-0.05 M_{sun}_, and R_*_=1.6+/-0.1 R_{sun}_. The planet has a radius of R_P_=1.15+/-0.09 R_Jup_ and a mass of M_P_=1.0+/-0.1 M_Jup_, making it a mildly inflated hot Jupiter. It is the first hot Jupiter confirmed via Doppler tomography with an orbital period of >5 days. The orbit is also marginally misaligned with respect to the stellar rotation, with {lambda}=21{deg}+/-6{deg} measured using Doppler tomography.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/546/A27
- Title:
- Radial velocity and photometry for GJ3470
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/546/A27
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the discovery of GJ 3470b, a transiting hot Uranus of mass m_p_=14.0+/-1.8M_{earth}_, radius R_p_=4.2+/-0.6R_{earth}_ and period P=3.3371+/-0.0002-day. Its host star is a nearby (d=25.2+/-2.9pc) M1.5 dwarf of mass M_star_=0.54+/-0.07M_{sun}_ and radius R_star_=0.50+/-0.06R_{sun}_. The detection was made during a radial-velocity campaign with Harps that focused on the search for short-period planets orbiting M dwarfs. Once the planet was discovered and the transit-search window narrowed to about 10% of an orbital period, a photometric search started with Trappist and quickly detected the ingress of the planet. Additional observations with Trappist, EulerCam and Nites definitely confirmed the transiting nature of GJ3470b and allowed the determination of its true mass and radius. The star's visible or infrared brightness (Vmag=12.3, Kmag=8.0), together with a large eclipse depth D=0.57+/-0.05%, ranks GJ 3470 b among the most suitable planets for follow-up characterizations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/567/A69
- Title:
- Radial velocity and photometry in NGC 4372
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/567/A69
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first in-depth study of the kinematic properties and derive the structural parameters of NGC 4372 based on the fit of a Plummer profile and a rotating, physical model. We explore the link between internal rotation to different cluster properties and together with similar studies of more GCs, we put these in the context of globular cluster formation and evolution. We present radial velocities for 131 cluster member stars measured from high-resolution FLAMES/GIRAFFE observations. Their membership to the GC is additionally confirmed from precise metallicity estimates. Using this kinematic data set we build a velocity dispersion profile and a systemic rotation curve. Additionally, we obtain an elliptical number density profile of NGC 4372 based on optical images using a MCMC fitting algorithm. From this we derive the cluster's half-light radius and ellipticity as r_h_=3.4'+/-0.04' and e=0.08+/-0.01. Finally, we give a physical interpretation of the observed morphological and kinematic properties of this GC by fitting an axisymmetric, differentially rotating, dynamical model. Our results show that NGC 4372 has an unusually high ratio of rotation amplitude to velocity dispersion (1.2 vs. 4.5km/s) for its metallicity. This, however, puts it in line with two other exceptional, very metal-poor GCs - M 15 and NGC 4590. We also find a mild flattening of NGC 4372 in the direction of its rotation. Given its old age, this suggests that the flattening is indeed caused by the systemic rotation rather than tidal interactions with the Galaxy. Additionally, we estimate the dynamical mass of the GC M_dyn=2.0+/-0.5 x 10^5 M_Sun based on the dynamical model, which constrains the mass-to-light ratio of NGC 4372 between 1.4 and 2.3 M_Sun/L_Sun, representative of an old, purely stellar population.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/120/2101
- Title:
- Radial Velocity and Photometry of HD 104994
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/120/2101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Intense coordinated spectroscopic and photometric monitoring of the suspected Wolf-Rayet binary WR 46 in 1999 reveals clear periodic variations, P=0.329+/-0.013 days, in the radial velocities of the emission lines of highest ionization potential, O VI and N V, found deepest in the Wolf-Rayet wind and thus least likely to be perturbed by a companion. These are accompanied by coherent variability in the profiles of lines with lower ionization/excitation potential and in the continuum flux. Most probably originating from orbital motion of the Wolf-Rayet component of the binary, this periodic radial velocity signal disappears from time to time, thus creating a puzzle yet to be solved. We show that the entangled patterns of the line profile variability are mainly governed by transitions between high and low states of the system's continuum flux. Based in part on observations obtained at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile (ESO program 62.H-0110).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/24
- Title:
- Radial velocity and planet detectability in alpha Cen
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/155/24
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use more than a decade of radial-velocity measurements for {alpha} Cen A, B, and Proxima Centauri from the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, CTIO High Resolution Spectrograph, and the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph to identify the Msin(i), and orbital periods of planets that could have been detected if they existed. At each point in a mass-period grid, we sample a simulated, Keplerian signal with the precision and cadence of existing data and assess the probability that the signal could have been produced by noise alone. Existing data places detection thresholds in the classically defined habitable zones at about Msin(i) of 53 M_{Earth}_, for {alpha} Cen A, 8.4 M_{Earth}_, for {alpha} Cen B, and 0.47 M_{Earth}_, for Proxima Centauri. Additionally, we examine the impact of systematic errors, or "red noise" in the data. A comparison of white- and red-noise simulations highlights quasi-periodic variability in the radial velocities that may be caused by systematic errors, photospheric velocity signals, or planetary signals. For example, the red-noise simulations show a peak above white-noise simulations at the period of Proxima Centauri b. We also carry out a spectroscopic analysis of the chemical composition of the {alpha} Centauri stars. The stars have super-solar metallicity with ratios of C/O and Mg/Si that are similar to the Sun, suggesting that any small planets in the {alpha} Cen system may be compositionally similar to our terrestrial planets. Although the small projected separation of {alpha} Cen A and B currently hampers extreme-precision radial-velocity measurements, the angular separation is now increasing. By 2019, {alpha} Cen A and B will be ideal targets for renewed Doppler planet surveys.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/467/1414
- Title:
- Radial velocity changes for 439 white dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/467/1414
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- From a sample of spectra of 439 white dwarfs (WDs) from the ESO-VLT Supernova-Ia Progenitor Survey (SPY), we measure the maximal changes in radial velocity ({Delta}RVmax) between epochs (generally two epochs, separated by up to 470d), and model the observed {Delta}RVmax statistics via Monte Carlo simulations, to constrain the population characteristics of double WDs (DWDs). The DWD fraction among WDs is f_bin_=0.10+/-0.02 (1{sigma}, random) +0.02 (systematic), in the separation range <~4au within which the data are sensitive to binarity. Assuming the distribution of binary separation, a, is a power law, dN/da{prop.to}a^alpha^, at the end of the last common-envelope phase and the start of solely gravitational-wave-driven binary evolution, the constraint by the data is alpha=-1.3+/-0.2(1{sigma}) +/-0.2 (systematic). If these parameters extend to small separations, the implied Galactic WD merger rate per unit stellar mass is R_merge_=(1-80)x10^-13^yr^-1^M_[sun}_^-1^ (2{sigma}), with a likelihood-weighted mean of R_merge_=(7+/-2)x10^-13^yr^-1^M_{sun}_^-1^ (1{sigma}). The Milky Way's specific Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) rate is likely R_Ia_~=1.1x10^-13^yr^-1^M_{sun}_^-1^ and therefore, in terms of rates, a possibly small fraction of all merging DWDs (e.g. those with massive-enough primary WDs) could suffice to produce most or all SNe Ia.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/156/82
- Title:
- Radial velocity characterization of TESS planets
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/156/82
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will conduct a two-year wide-field survey searching for transiting planets around bright stars. Many TESS discoveries will be amenable to mass characterization via ground-based radial velocity measurements with any of a growing suite of existing and anticipated velocimeters in the optical and near-infrared. In this study we present an analytical formalism to compute the number of radial velocity (RV) measurements - and hence the total observing time-required to characterize RV planet masses with the inclusion of either a white or correlated noise activity model. We use our model to calculate the total observing time required to measure all TESS planet masses from the expected TESS planet yield while relying on our current understanding of the targeted stars, stellar activity, and populations of unseen planets that inform the expected RV precision. We also present specialized calculations applicable to a variety of interesting subsets of TESS planets including the characterization of 50 planets smaller than 4 Earth radii, which is expected to take as little as 60 nights of observation. However, the efficient RV characterization of such planets requires a priori knowledge of the "best" targets, which we argue can be identified prior to the conclusion of the TESS planet search based on our calculations. Our results highlight the comparable performance of optical and near-IR spectrographs for most planet populations except for Earths and temperate TESS planets, which are more efficiently characterized in the near-IR. Lastly, we present an online tool to the community to compute the total observing times required to detect any transiting planet using a user-defined spectrograph (RVFC; http://maestria.astro.umontreal.ca/rvfc).
