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用PAVO/CHARA长基线干涉测量法验证系外行星Kepler-21 b

Validation of the Exoplanet Kepler-21b using PAVO/CHARA Long-Baseline Interferometry

Daniel Huber, Michael J. Ireland, Timothy R. Bedding, Steve B. Howell, Vicente Maestro, Antoine Mérand, Peter G. Tuthill, Timothy R. White, Christopher D. Farri… 展开作者

Daniel Huber, Michael J. Ireland, Timothy R. Bedding, Steve B. Howell, Vicente Maestro, Antoine Mérand, Peter G. Tuthill, Timothy R. White, Christopher D. Farrington, P. J. Goldfinger, Harold A. McAlister, Gail H. Schaefer, Judit Sturmann, Laszlo Sturmann, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Nils H. Turner

摘要:

我们使用CHARA阵列的PAVO光束组合器对Kepler系外行星宿主恒星HD 179070(Kepler-21)进行了长基线干涉测量。可见度数据与单个恒星一致,不包括距离约1-1000 mas(约0.1-113 AU)和对比度< 3.5等的伴星。这一结果支持了Howell等人(2012年)对1.6 R_{earth}系外行星开普勒-21 b的验证,并补充了自适应光学成像、斑点干涉测量和径向速度观测所设置的限制,以排除由于恒星伴星造成的误报。我们的结论是,长基线干涉测量有很强的潜力,以验证凌日系外行星,特别是未来的项目,旨在更明亮的恒星和宿主恒星的径向速度后续是不可用的。

英文摘要:

We present long-baseline interferometry of the Kepler exoplanet host star HD179070 (Kepler-21) using the PAVO beam combiner at the CHARA Array. The visibility data are consistent with a single star and exclude stellar companions at separations ~1-1000 mas (~ 0.1-113 AU) and contrasts < 3.5 magnitudes. This result supports the validation of the 1.6 R_{earth} exoplanet Kepler-21b by Howell et al. (2012) and complements the constraints set by adaptive optics imaging, speckle interferometry, and radial velocity observations to rule out false-positives due to stellar companions. We conclude that long-baseline interferometry has strong potential to validate transiting extrasolar planets, particularly for future projects aimed at brighter stars and for host stars where radial velocity follow-up is not available.

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