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径向速度观测和光变曲线噪声模型证实Kepler-91 b是一颗围绕巨星运行的巨行星

Radial Velocity Observations and Light Curve Noise Modeling Confirm That Kepler-91b is a Giant Planet Orbiting a Giant Star

Thomas Barclay, Michael Endl, Daniel Huber, Daniel Foreman-Mackey, William D. Cochran, Phillip J. MacQueen, Jason F. Rowe, Elisa V. Quintana

摘要:

Kepler-91 b是一个罕见的热木星绕红巨星凌日的例子,为研究与主序星相比不同条件下热木星的形成和组成提供了可能性。然而,开普勒-91b的行星性质,这是由Lillo-Box等人使用相位曲线变化证实的,最近基于对开普勒数据的重新分析而受到质疑。我们已经从Hobby-Eberly望远镜获得了地面径向速度观测结果,并通过同时对开普勒和径向速度数据进行建模,明确证实了开普勒-91b的行星性质。恒星表现出时间相关的噪声,由于恒星颗粒,我们作为一个高斯过程模型。我们假设,正是这种噪声成分导致先前的研究怀疑开普勒-91 b是一个假阳性。我们的工作证实了Lillo-Box等人提出的结论,即开普勒-91 b是一颗0.73+/-0.13 Mjup的行星,围绕一颗红巨星运行。

英文摘要:

Kepler-91b is a rare example of a transiting hot Jupiter around a red giant star, providing the possibility to study the formation and composition of hot Jupiters under different conditions compared to main-sequence stars. However, the planetary nature of Kepler-91b, which was confirmed using phase-curve variations by Lillo-Box et al., was recently called into question based on a re-analysis of Kepler data. We have obtained ground-based radial velocity observations from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope and unambiguously confirm the planetary nature of Kepler-91b by simultaneously modeling the Kepler and radial velocity data. The star exhibits temporally correlated noise due to stellar granulation which we model as a Gaussian Process. We hypothesize that it is this noise component that led previous studies to suspect Kepler-91b to be a false positive. Our work confirms the conclusions presented by Lillo-Box et al. that Kepler-91b is a 0.73+/-0.13 Mjup planet orbiting a red giant star.

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