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凌日系外行星宿主恒星GJ 436:低主序星中恒星演化模型的测试和修正的行星参数

The transiting exoplanet host star GJ 436: a test of stellar evolution models in the lower main sequence, and revised planetary parameters

Guillermo Torres

摘要:

对于凌日系外行星的母恒星的恒星参数的知识是建立行星本身属性的先决条件,并且通常依赖于恒星演化模型。GJ 436被一个海王星质量的凌日天体环绕,这是一个困难的情况,因为它是一个M矮星。在这种质量状态下的恒星模型不像更高质量的恒星那样可靠,并且倾向于低估半径。在这里,我们使用来自GJ 436的已发表的凌日光变曲线解的约束以及其他光谱量来展示模型如何仍然可以用于准确地推断质量和半径,同时允许估计半径差异。在即将到来的开普勒任务中应该会发现类似的系统,并以这种方式为低主序星层的恒星演化模型提供有价值的约束。GJ 436的恒星质量和半径分别为M = 0.452 [-0.012,+0.014] M(太阳)和R = 0.464 [-0.011,+0.009] R(太阳),半径比标准模型的预测值大10%,这与先前研究的双线食双星的结果一致。我们得到了改进的行星质量和半径M = 23.17 +/- 0.79 M(地球)和R = 4.22 [-0.10,+0.09] R(地球),密度rho = 1.69 [-0.12,+0.14] g/cm 3,轨道半长轴a = 0.02872 +/- 0.00027 AU。

英文摘要:

Knowledge of the stellar parameters for the parent stars of transiting exoplanets is pre-requisite for establishing the planet properties themselves, and often relies on stellar evolution models. GJ 436, which is orbited by a transiting Neptune-mass object, presents a difficult case because it is an M dwarf. Stellar models in this mass regime are not as reliable as for higher mass stars, and tend to underestimate the radius. Here we use constraints from published transit light curve solutions for GJ 436 along with other spectroscopic quantities to show how the models can still be used to infer the mass and radius accurately, and at the same time allow the radius discrepancy to be estimated. Similar systems should be found during the upcoming Kepler mission, and could provide in this way valuable constraints to stellar evolution models in the lower main sequence. The stellar mass and radius of GJ 436 are M = 0.452 [-0.012,+0.014] M(Sun) and R = 0.464 [-0.011,+0.009] R(Sun), and the radius is 10% larger than predicted by the standard models, in agreement with previous results from well studied double-lined eclipsing binaries. We obtain an improved planet mass and radius of M = 23.17 +/- 0.79 M(Earth) and R = 4.22 [-0.10,+0.09] R(Earth), a density of rho = 1.69 [-0.12,+0.14] g/cm3, and an orbital semimajor axis of a = 0.02872 +/- 0.00027 AU.

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