- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/591/A34
- Title:
- Chemical abundances of zeta Reticuly
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/591/A34
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Several studies have reported a correlation between the chemical abundances of stars and condensation temperature (known as Tc trend). Very recently, a strong Tc trend was reported for the zeta Reticuli binary system, which consists of two solar analogs. The observed trend in zeta^2^ Ret relative to its companion was explained by the presence of a debris disk around zeta^2^ Ret. Our goal is to re-evaluate the presence and variability of the Tc trend in the zeta Reticuli system and to understand the impact of the presence of the debris disk on a star. We used very high-quality spectra of the two stars retrieved from the HARPS archive to derive very precise stellar parameters and chemical abundances. We derived the stellar parameters with the classical (nondifferential) method, while we applied a differential line-by-line analysis to achieve the highest possible precision in abundances, which are fundamental to explore for very tiny differences in the abundances between the stars. We confirm that the abundance difference between zeta^2^ Ret and zeta^1^ Ret shows a significant (~2{sigma}) correlation with Tc. However, we also find that the Tc trends depend on the individual spectrum used (even if always of very high quality). In particular, we find significant but varying differences in the abundances of the same star from different individual high-quality spectra. Our results for the zeta Reticuli system show, for example, that nonphysical factors, such as the quality of spectra employed and errors that are not accounted for, can be at the root of the Tc trends for the case of individual spectra.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/579/A20
- Title:
- Circumstellar debris discs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/579/A20
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Tentative correlations between the presence of dusty circumstellar debris discs and low-mass planets have recently been presented. In parallel, detailed chemical abundance studies have reported different trends between samples of planet and non-planet hosts. Whether these chemical differences are indeed related to the presence of planets is still strongly debated. We aim to test whether solar-type stars with debris discs show any chemical peculiarity that could be related to the planet formation process. We determine in a homogeneous way the metallicity, [Fe/H], and abundances of individual elements of a sample of 251 stars including stars with known debris discs, stars harbouring simultaneously debris discs and planets, stars hosting exclusively planets, and a comparison sample of stars without known discs or planets. High-resolution echelle spectra (R~57000) from 2-3m class telescopes are used. Our methodology includes the calculation of the fundamental stellar parameters (T_eff_, logg, microturbulent velocity, and metallicity) by applying the iron ionisation and equilibrium conditions to several isolated Fe i and Fe ii lines, as well as individual abundances of C, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, S, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/441/195
- Title:
- Circumstellar disks in Trapezium cluster
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/441/195
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper we present results on the size distribution of circumstellar disks in the Trapezium cluster as measured from HST/WFPC2 data. Direct diameter measurements of a sample of 135 bright proplyds and 14 silhouettes disks suggest that there is a single population of disks well characterized by a power-law distribution with an exponent of -1.9+/-0.3 between disk diameters 100-400AU. For the stellar mass sampled (from late G to late M stars) we find no obvious correlation between disk diameter and stellar mass. We also find that there is no obvious correlation between disk diameter and the projected distance to the ionizing Trapezium OB stars. We estimate that about 40% of the disks in the Trapezium have radius larger than 50AU. We suggest that the origin of the Solar system's (Kuiper belt) outer edge is likely to be due to the star formation environment and disk destruction processes (photo-evaporation, collisions) present in the stellar cluster on which the Sun was probably formed. Finally, we identified a previously unknown proplyd and named it 266-557, following convention.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/615/A117
- Title:
- 55 Cnc geocoronal emission lines template
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/615/A117
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The high-energy X-ray to ultraviolet (XUV) irradiation of close-in planets by their host star influences their evolution and might be responsible for the existence of a population of ultra-short period planets eroded to their bare core. In orbit around a bright, nearby G-type star, the super-Earth 55 Cnc e offers the possibility to address these issues through transit observations at UV wavelengths. We used the Hubble Space Telescope to observe the transit in the far-ultraviolet (FUV) over three epochs in April 2016, January 2017, and February 2017. Together, these observations cover nearly half of the orbital trajectory in between the two quadratures, and reveal significant short- and long-term variability in 55 Cnc chromospheric emission lines. In the last two epochs, we detected a larger flux in the CIII, SiIII, and SiIV lines after the planet passed the approaching quadrature, followed by a flux decrease in the SiIV doublet. In the second epoch these variations are contemporaneous with flux decreases in the SiII and CII doublet. All epochs show flux decreases in the NV doublet as well, albeit at different orbital phases. These flux decreases are consistent with absorption from optically thin clouds of gas, are mostly localized at low and redshifted radial velocities in the star rest frame, and occur preferentially before and during the planet transit. These three points make it unlikely that the variations are purely stellar in origin, yet we show that the occulting material is also unlikely to originate from the planet. We thus tentatively propose that the motion of 55 Cnc e at the fringes of the stellar corona leads to the formation of a cool coronal rain. The inhomogeneity and temporal evolution of the stellar corona would be responsible for the differences between the three visits. Additional variations are detected in the CII doublet in the first epoch and in the OI triplet in all epochs with a different behavior that points toward intrinsic stellar variability. Further observations at FUV wavelengths are required to disentangle definitively between star-planet interactions in the 55 Cnc system and the activity of the star.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/831/20
- Title:
- C/O and Mg/Si for solar neighborhood's stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/831/20
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The carbon-to-oxygen ratio in a protoplanetary disk can have a dramatic influence on the compositions of any terrestrial planets formed. In regions of high C/O, planets form primarily from carbonates, and in regions of low C/O, the ratio of magnesium to silicon determines the types of silicates that dominate the compositions. We present C/O and Mg/Si ratios for 852 F, G, and K dwarfs in the solar neighborhood. We find that the frequency of carbon-rich dwarfs in the solar neighborhood is <0.13% and that 156 known planet hosts in the sample follow a similar distribution as all of the stars as a whole. The cosmic distribution of Mg/Si for these same stars is broader than the C/O distribution and peaks near 1.0, with ~60% of systems having 1<=Mg/Si<2, leading to rocky planet compositions similar to the Earth. This leaves 40% of systems that can have planets that are silicate-rich and that may have very different compositions than our own.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/814/91
- Title:
- Comparative habitability of transiting exoplanets
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/814/91
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Exoplanet habitability is traditionally assessed by comparing a planet's semimajor axis to the location of its host star's "habitable zone", the shell around a star for which Earth-like planets can possess liquid surface water. The Kepler space telescope has discovered numerous planet candidates near the habitable zone, and many more are expected from missions such as K2, TESS, and PLATO. These candidates often require significant follow-up observations for validation, so prioritizing planets for habitability from transit data has become an important aspect of the search for life in the universe. We propose a method to compare transiting planets for their potential to support life based on transit data, stellar properties and previously reported limits on planetary emitted flux. For a planet in radiative equilibrium, the emitted flux increases with eccentricity, but decreases with albedo. As these parameters are often unconstrained, there is an "eccentricity-albedo degeneracy" for the habitability of transiting exoplanets. Our method mitigates this degeneracy, includes a penalty for large-radius planets, uses terrestrial mass-radius relationships, and, when available, constraints on eccentricity to compute a number we call the "habitability index for transiting exoplanets" that represents the relative probability that an exoplanet could support liquid surface water. We calculate it for Kepler objects of interest and find that planets that receive between 60% and 90% of the Earth's incident radiation, assuming circular orbits, are most likely to be habitable. Finally, we make predictions for the upcoming TESS and James Webb Space Telescope missions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/213/5
- Title:
- Cool KOIs. VI. H- and K- band spectra
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/213/5
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present H- and K-band spectra for late-type Kepler Objects of Interest (the "Cool KOIs"): low-mass stars with transiting-planet candidates discovered by NASA's Kepler Mission that are listed on the NASA Exoplanet Archive. We acquired spectra of 103 Cool KOIs and used the indices and calibrations of Rojas-Ayala et al. (2012, Cat. J/ApJ/748/93) to determine their spectral types, stellar effective temperatures, and metallicities, significantly augmenting previously published values. We interpolate our measured effective temperatures and metallicities onto evolutionary isochrones to determine stellar masses, radii, luminosities, and distances, assuming the stars have settled onto the main sequence. As a choice of isochrones, we use a new suite of Dartmouth predictions that reliably include mid-to-late M dwarf stars. We identify five M4V stars: KOI-961 (confirmed as Kepler 42), KOI-2704, KOI-2842, KOI-4290, and the secondary component to visual binary KOI-1725, which we call KOI-1725B. We also identify a peculiar star, KOI-3497, which has Na and Ca lines consistent with a dwarf star but CO lines consistent with a giant. Visible-wavelength adaptive optics imaging reveals two objects within a 1 arcsec diameter; however, the objects' colors are peculiar. The spectra and properties presented in this paper serve as a resource for prioritizing follow-up observations and planet validation efforts for the Cool KOIs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/520/A66
- Title:
- CoRoT-8b light and RV curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/520/A66
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of CoRoT-8b, a dense small Saturn-class exoplanet that orbits a K1 dwarf in 6.2 days, and we derive its orbital parameters, mass, and radius. We analyzed two complementary data sets: the photometric transit curve of CoRoT-8b as measured by CoRoT and the radial velocity curve of CoRoT-8 as measured by the HARPS spectrometer. We find that CoRoT-8b is on a circular orbit with a semi-major axis of 0.063+/-0.001AU. It has a radius of 0.57+/-0.02RJ, a mass of 0.22+/-0.03MJ, and therefore a mean density 1.6+/-0.1g/cm^3^. With 67% of the size of Saturn and 72% of its mass, CoRoT-8b has a density comparable to that of Neptune (1.76g/cm^3^). We estimate its content in heavy elements to be 47-63 Earth masses, and the mass of its hydrogen-helium envelope to be 7-23 Earth masses. At 0.063AU, the thermal loss of hydrogen of CoRoT-8b should be no more than about 0.1% over an assumed integrated lifetime of 3Ga.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/491/889
- Title:
- CoRoT-Exo-3b observations
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/491/889
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The CoRoT space mission routinely provides high-precision photometric measurements of thousands of stars that have been continuously observed for months. The discovery and characterization of the first very massive transiting planetary companion with a short orbital period is reported. A series of 34 transits was detected in the CoRoT light curve of an F3V star, observed from May to October 2007 for 152 days. The radius was accurately determined and the mass derived for this new transiting, thanks to the combined analysis of the light curve and complementary ground-based observations: high-precision radial-velocity measurements, on-off photometry, and high signal-to-noise spectroscopic observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/479/865
- Title:
- CoRoT exoplanet candidates
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/479/865
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The discovery of the short-period giant exoplanet population, the so-called hot Jupiter population, and their link to brown dwarfs and low-mass stars challenges the conventional view of planet formation and evolution. We took advantage of the multi-fiber facilities GIRAFFE and UVES/FLAMES (VLT) to perform the first large radial velocity survey using a multi-fiber spectrograph to detect planetary, brown-dwarf candidates and binary stars. We observed 816 stars during 5 consecutive half-nights. These stars were selected within one of the exoplanet fields of the space mission CoRoT.
