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太阳系外行星普查与天基微透镜巡天

An Extrasolar Planet Census with a Space-based Microlensing Survey

D. P. Bennett, J. Anderson, J. -P. Beaulieu, I. Bond, E. Cheng, K. Cook, S. Friedman, B. S. Gaudi, A. Gould, J. Jenkins, R. Kimble, D. Lin, M. Rich, K. Sahu, D.… 展开作者

D. P. Bennett, J. Anderson, J. -P. Beaulieu, I. Bond, E. Cheng, K. Cook, S. Friedman, B. S. Gaudi, A. Gould, J. Jenkins, R. Kimble, D. Lin, M. Rich, K. Sahu, D. Tenerelli, A. Udalski, P. Yock

摘要:

一个基于空间的引力微透镜系外行星调查将提供质量低至0.1地球质量和轨道间隔从0.5AU到无穷大的系外行星的统计普查。这包括除了水星之外的所有太阳系行星的类似物,以及行星形成理论预测的大多数类型的行星。这样的调查将提供关于行星围绕所有类型恒星的频率的结果,除了那些寿命短的恒星。距离小于0.5天文单位的近距离行星在太空微透镜观测中是不可见的,但这些行星可以被开普勒发现。其他方法,包括地基微透镜观测,无法接近天基微透镜观测提供的太阳系外行星质量和半长轴分布的全面统计数据。地面微透镜观测的类地行星灵敏度仅限于爱因斯坦半径附近2-3天文单位,需要天基成像来识别和确定绝大多数微透镜观测发现的行星的行星宿主恒星的质量。因此,天基微透镜观测可能是全面了解行星系统性质的唯一途径,而这是了解行星形成和可居住性所必需的。拟议中的微透镜行星探测器(MPF)任务是一个基于空间的微透镜调查的例子,可以通过成熟的技术和符合NASA发现计划成本上限的成本来实现这些目标。

英文摘要:

A space-based gravitational microlensing exoplanet survey will provide a statistical census of exoplanets with masses down to 0.1 Earth-masses and orbital separations ranging from 0.5AU to infinity. This includes analogs to all the Solar System's planets except for Mercury, as well as most types of planets predicted by planet formation theories. Such a survey will provide results on the frequency of planets around all types of stars except those with short lifetimes. Close-in planets with separations < 0.5 AU are invisible to a space-based microlensing survey, but these can be found by Kepler. Other methods, including ground-based microlensing, cannot approach the comprehensive statistics on the mass and semi-major axis distribution of extrasolar planets that a space-based microlensing survey will provide. The terrestrial planet sensitivity of a ground-based microlensing survey is limited to the vicinity of the Einstein radius at 2-3 AU, and space-based imaging is needed to identify and determine the mass of the planetary host stars for the vast majority of planets discovered by microlensing. Thus, a space-based microlensing survey is likely to be the only way to gain a comprehensive understanding of the nature of planetary systems, which is needed to understand planet formation and habitability. The proposed Microlensing Planet Finder (MPF) mission is an example of a space-based microlensing survey that can accomplish these objectives with proven technology and a cost that fits comfortably under the NASA Discovery Program cost cap.

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