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退休的A星和他们的同伴IV。凯克天文台的七颗木星系外行星

Retired A Stars and Their Companions IV. Seven Jovian Exoplanets from Keck Observatory

John Asher Johnson, Andrew W. Howard, Brendan P. Bowler, Gregory W. Henry, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Jason T. Wright, Debra A. Fischer, Howard Isaacson

摘要:

本文报道了凯克天文台对七颗次巨星的精确多普勒测量。所有七颗恒星的径向速度都存在变化,与克卜勒轨道上的行星质量伴星一致。主恒星的质量范围为1.1 < Mstar/Msun < 1.9,半径为3.4 < Rstar/Rsun < 6.1,金属丰度为-0.21 < [Fe/H] <+0.26。这些行星的质量都比木星大(Msini > 1 Mjup),半长轴大于1 AU。我们目前的毫米级测光从T3 0.4米APT在费尔伯恩天文台的五个目标。我们的监测显示这些恒星是光度稳定的,进一步加强了对观测到的径向速度变化的解释。迄今发现的围绕前A型恒星的行星的轨道特征与围绕光谱型F、G和K矮星的行星的性质非常不同,这表明行星的形成和迁移是恒星质量的敏感函数。其中三个行星系显示出长期线性趋势的证据,表明有更多的遥远同伴。这些趋势,再加上行星质量高和出现率增加,表明A型恒星是非常有希望的直接成像调查的目标。

英文摘要:

We report precise Doppler measurements of seven subgiants from Keck Observatory. All seven stars show variability in their radial velocities consistent with planet-mass companions in Keplerian orbits. The host stars have masses ranging from 1.1 < Mstar/Msun < 1.9, radii 3.4 < Rstar/Rsun < 6.1, and metallicities -0.21 < [Fe/H] < +0.26. The planets are all more massive than Jupiter (Msini > 1 Mjup) and have semimajor axes > 1 AU. We present millimagnitude photometry from the T3 0.4m APT at Fairborn observatory for five of the targets. Our monitoring shows these stars to be photometrically stable, further strengthening the interpretation of the observed radial velocity variability. The orbital characteristics of the planets thus far discovered around former A-type stars are very different from the properties of planets around dwarf stars of spectral type F, G and K, and suggests that the formation and migration of planets is a sensitive function of stellar mass. Three of the planetary systems show evidence of long-term, linear trends indicative of additional distant companions. These trends, together with the high planet masses and increased occurrence rate, indicate that A-type stars are very promising targets for direct imaging surveys.

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