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对年轻、邻近和尘埃恒星的调查,以了解宽轨道巨行星的形成

A survey of young, nearby, and dusty stars to understand the formation of wide-orbit giant planets

J. Rameau, G. Chauvin, A. -M. Lagrange, H. Klahr, M. Bonnefoy, C. Mordasini, M. Bonavita, S. Desidera, C. Dumas, J. H. Girard

摘要:

直接成像证实了在宽轨道上存在亚恒星伴星。为了理解这些同伴的形成和演化机制,必须表征其全部的布居特性。我们的目标是在年轻的、附近的和尘埃恒星周围探测巨行星和/或褐矮星同伴。我们的目标也是提供宽轨道巨行星人口的统计数据,并讨论行星形成模型。我们报告了对59颗恒星的深入调查,这些恒星是年轻恒星协会的成员。用VLT/NaCo在L '波段(3.8微米)进行观察。我们使用角度差分成像,以达到最佳的检测性能。对大约60%的年轻和南部A-F恒星的统计分析接近65 pc,使我们能够推导出宽轨道上的巨行星的比例。我们使用引力不稳定性模型和行星人口合成模型的核心吸积的情况下,讨论这些同伴的发生。我们解决和表征新的视觉双星,并没有发现任何新的亚恒星同伴。该调查的中位数检测性能达到对比度10 mag在0.5as和11.5 mag在1as。我们发现行星的出现率在10.8- 24.8%之间,置信水平为68%,假设行星均匀分布在1-13 Mj和1-1000 AU之间。考虑到形成模型的预测,我们设置了重要的限制发生的大质量行星和褐矮星的同伴,将形成GI。我们发现,这种机制有利于在宽轨道(a > 40 AU)上形成相当大质量的团簇(Mclump > 30 Mj),这些团簇可能会动态演化和/或碎裂。对于由CA形成的近距离巨行星的种群,我们的调查稍微探索了物理分离(<20 AU),并且无法限制这个种群。

英文摘要:

Direct imaging has confirmed the existence of substellar companions on wide orbits. To understand the formation and evolution mechanisms of these companions, the full population properties must be characterized. We aim at detecting giant planet and/or brown dwarf companions around young, nearby, and dusty stars. Our goal is also to provide statistics on the population of giant planets at wide-orbits and discuss planet formation models. We report a deep survey of 59 stars, members of young stellar associations. The observations were conducted with VLT/NaCo at L'-band (3.8 micron). We used angular differential imaging to reach optimal detection performance. A statistical analysis of about 60 % of the young and southern A-F stars closer than 65 pc allows us to derive the fraction of giant planets on wide orbits. We use gravitational instability models and planet population synthesis models following the core-accretion scenario to discuss the occurrence of these companions. We resolve and characterize new visual binaries and do not detect any new substellar companion. The survey's median detection performance reaches contrasts of 10 mag at 0.5as and 11.5 mag at 1as. We find the occurrence of planets to be between 10.8-24.8 % at 68 % confidence level assuming a uniform distribution of planets in the interval 1-13 Mj and 1-1000 AU. Considering the predictions of formation models, we set important constraints on the occurrence of massive planets and brown dwarf companions that would have formed by GI. We show that this mechanism favors the formation of rather massive clump (Mclump > 30 Mj) at wide (a > 40 AU) orbits which might evolve dynamically and/or fragment. For the population of close-in giant planets that would have formed by CA, our survey marginally explore physical separations (<20 AU) and cannot constrain this population.

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