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在Tucana和Beta Picasso移动群中寻找巨行星的新L波段成像搜索

A novel L-band imaging search for giant planets in the Tucana and Beta Pictoris moving groups

Markus Kasper, Daniel Apai, Markus Janson, Wolfgang Brandner

摘要:

这篇论文介绍了对22颗年轻的邻近恒星进行的一次小型调查的结果,这些恒星旨在探测亚恒星同伴,并最终探测到木星质量的巨大太阳系外行星。这些目标是杜鹃座和Beta Picasso移动群的成员,除了稍微老一点的恒星HIP 71395,它的径向速度趋势表明在大轨道上有一颗巨大的行星。调查是在甚大望远镜使用自适应光学辅助成像和NAOS-CONICA(NACO)在L波段进行的。所选择的观测波长非常适合在年轻恒星周围寻找亲密的同伴,并提供了前所未有的探测极限。所提出的技术达到了一些最好的灵敏度为今天,是目前最敏感的方法,用于对比度有限的检测低于约1000 K的亚恒星同伴。Eri 51的伴星GJ 3305是一颗在偏心轨道上的近距离双星。在目标恒星周围没有发现亚恒星伴星,尽管这种方法允许在通常5个天文单位的轨道距离上探测到几个木星质量的伴星。在我们观测的时候,一颗质量>1 M_Jup,距离>5 AU的行星可以被排除在外。没有探测到的行星限制了巨大系外行星的频率分布和最大轨道距离。例如,径向分布幂律指数为0.2与最大轨道半径超过30 AU的组合可以在90%的置信水平下被拒绝。

英文摘要:

The paper presents results from a small survey of 22 young, nearby stars that was designed to detect substellar companions and ultimately giant extrasolar planets down to Jupiter masses. The targets are members of the Tucana and Beta Pictoris moving groups apart from the somewhat older star HIP 71395 that has a radial velocity trend suggesting a massive planet in large orbit. The survey was carried out in the L-band using adaptive optics assisted imaging with NAOS-CONICA (NACO) at the VLT. The chosen observation wavelength is well suited to search for close companions around young stars and delivers unprecedented detection limits. The presented technique reaches some of the best sensitivities as of today and is currently the most sensitive method for the contrast limited detection of substellar companions that are cooler than about 1000K. The companion to 51 Eri, GJ 3305, was found to be a very close binary on an eccentric orbit. No substellar companions were found around the target stars, although the method permitted to detect companions down to a few Jupiter masses at orbital distances of typically 5 astronomical units. A planet with a mass >1 M_Jup at distances >5 AU around AU Mic can be excluded at the time of our observations. The absence of detected planets sets constraints on the frequency distribution and maximum orbital distance of giant exoplanets. For example, a radial distribution power law index of 0.2 in combination with a maximum orbital radius exceeding 30 AU can be rejected at a 90% confidence level.

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