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来自开普勒的地球宜居带系外行星频率

Terrestrial, Habitable-Zone Exoplanet Frequency from Kepler

Wesley A. Traub

摘要:

从开普勒的第一个136天的操作数据进行分析,以确定相对于半径,周期和主恒星光谱型的系外行星的分布。该分析外推估计地球,宜居带系外行星的百分比。开普勒的普查被认为是完整的明亮恒星(星等<14.0),其过境行星的半径>0.5地球和周期<42天。它还假设行星的大小分布与轨道周期无关,并且数据中没有隐藏的偏差。发现了六个重要的统计结果:在昏暗的目标恒星周围很少发现小行星,可能是仪器效应;发现中等大小行星的频率与宿主恒星是否明亮或昏暗无关;与较长周期相比,发现周期<3天的行星明显较少,几乎可以肯定是天体物理效应;所有周期小于42天的行星在星群中的频率为29%,其中陆地行星为9%,冰巨星为18%,气体巨星为3%;种群行星频率与周期呈幂律关系dN/dP ~ P^{β- 1},β= 0.71 ± 0.08;外推到更长的周期,得到类地行星在FGK星宜居带的频率为η_ \oplus =(34 +/- 14)%。因此,大约有三分之一的FGK恒星被预测至少有一个类地行星,宜居带行星。

英文摘要:

Data from Kepler's first 136 days of operation are analyzed to determine the distribution of exoplanets with respect to radius, period, and host-star spectral type. The analysis is extrapolated to estimate the percentage of terrestrial, habitable-zone exoplanets. The Kepler census is assumed to be complete for bright stars (magnitude <14.0) having transiting planets >0.5 Earth radius and periods <42 days. It is also assumed that the size distribution of planets is independent of orbital period, and that there are no hidden biases in the data. Six significant statistical results are found: there is a paucity of small planet detections around faint target stars, probably an instrumental effect; the frequency of mid-size planet detections is independent of whether the host star is bright or faint; there are significantly fewer planets detected with periods <3 days, compared to longer periods, almost certainly an astrophysical effect; the frequency of all planets in the population with periods <42 days is 29%, broken down as terrestrials 9%, ice giants 18%, and gas giants 3%; the population has a planet frequency with respect to period which follows a power-law relation dN/dP ~ P^{β- 1}, with β= 0.71 +/- 0.08; and an extrapolation to longer periods gives the frequency of terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of FGK stars as η_\oplus = (34 +/- 14)%. Thus about one-third of FGK stars are predicted to have at least one terrestrial, habitable-zone planet.

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