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GJ876行星系的结构。行星b和c的质量和轨道共面性

The architecture of the GJ876 planetary system. Masses and orbital coplanarity for planets b and c

Jacob L. Bean, Andreas Seifahrt

摘要:

我们提出了一个综合分析先前发表的高精度径向速度和天体测量的GJ 876行星系使用自洽模型,占行星-行星的相互作用。假设到目前为止在系统中识别的三颗行星是共面的,我们发现,在分析中包括天体测量并不会导致最佳拟合倾角与里维拉和合作者单独分析径向速度所发现的最佳拟合倾角显著不同。在这种独特的情况下,行星与行星之间的相互作用是如此重要,以至于径向速度数据集对系统的倾角更加敏感,因为相互作用依赖于系统中两颗气体巨行星(行星b和c)的真实质量。天体测量确实允许确定行星b的绝对轨道倾角(即区分i和180-i)和升交点的经度,这允许我们在结合动力学考虑时量化其轨道和行星c轨道之间的相互倾角。我们发现行星之间的倾角为5.0 +3.9 -2.3度。这一结果首次确定了正常恒星周围系外行星系统的共面程度。我们发现这两颗行星的轨道几乎是共面的,就像太阳系行星的轨道一样,这表明这两颗行星可能形成于一个拱星盘中,并且它们随后的动力学演化为2:1的平均运动共振只导致了一个小的相互倾斜的激发。这项调查表明,如何程度的共面性其他系外行星系统也可以建立使用现有设施获得的数据。

英文摘要:

We present a combined analysis of previously published high-precision radial velocities and astrometry for the GJ876 planetary system using a self-consistent model that accounts for the planet-planet interactions. Assuming the three planets so far identified in the system are coplanar, we find that including the astrometry in the analysis does not result in a best-fit inclination significantly different than that found by Rivera and collaborators from analyzing the radial velocities alone. In this unique case, the planet-planet interactions are of such significance that the radial velocity data set is more sensitive to the inclination of the system through the dependence of the interactions on the true masses of the two gas giant planets in the system (planets b and c). The astrometry does allow determination of the absolute orbital inclination (i.e. distinguishing between i and 180-i) and longitude of the ascending node for planet b, which allows us to quantify the mutual inclination angle between its orbit and planet c's orbit when combined with the dynamical considerations. We find that the planets have a mutual inclination of 5.0 +3.9 -2.3 degrees. This result constitutes the first determination of the degree of coplanarity in an exoplanetary system around a normal star. That we find the two planets' orbits are nearly coplanar, like the orbits of the Solar System planets, indicates that the planets likely formed in a circumstellar disk, and that their subsequent dynamical evolution into a 2:1 mean motion resonance only led to excitation of a small mutual inclination. This investigation demonstrates how the degree of coplanarity for other exoplanetary systems could also be established using data obtained from existing facilities.

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