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SPOTS:寻找环绕两颗恒星的行星。I.调查说明和初步意见

SPOTS: The Search for Planets Orbiting Two Stars. I. Survey description and first observations

Christian Thalmann, Silvano Desidera, Mariangela Bonavita, Markus Janson, Tomonori Usuda, Thomas Henning, Rainer Köhler, Joseph C. Carson, Anthony Boccaletti, C… 展开作者

Christian Thalmann, Silvano Desidera, Mariangela Bonavita, Markus Janson, Tomonori Usuda, Thomas Henning, Rainer Köhler, Joseph C. Carson, Anthony Boccaletti, Carolina Bergfors, Wolfgang Brandner, Markus Feldt, Miwa Goto, Hubert Klahr, Francesco Marzari, Christoph Mordasini

摘要:

对系外行星的直接成像调查通常将双星排除在目标列表之外,留下了大部分未被探索的行星人口。为了解决我们对行星形成和演化的理解中的这一差距,我们已经启动了第一个专门针对环双星行星的直接成像调查:SPOTS,即搜索围绕两颗恒星运行的行星。在本文中,我们讨论的理论背景,科学价值,和技术的可行性,这样的观测,描述的目标样本和观测策略,我们的调查,并报告的第一个结果,从我们的试点调查的26个目标与VLT NaCo设施。虽然迄今为止我们还没有发现任何确认的亚恒星伴星,但一些有希望的候选伴星仍有待在即将到来的后续观测中进行共同自行测试。我们还报告的天体测量的三个解决双星在我们的目标样本。这项试点调查构成了我们调查战略的成功概念验证,并为VLT SPHERE探索性观测的第二阶段铺平了道路。

英文摘要:

Direct imaging surveys for exoplanets commonly exclude binary stars from their target lists, leaving a large part of the overall planet demography unexplored. To address this gap in our understanding of planet formation and evolution, we have launched the first direct imaging survey dedicated to circumbinary planets: SPOTS, the Search for Planets Orbiting Two Stars. In this paper, we discuss the theoretical context, scientific merit, and technical feasibility of such observations, describe the target sample and observational strategy of our survey, and report on the first results from our pilot survey of 26 targets with the VLT NaCo facility. While we have not found any confirmed substellar companions to date, a number of promising candidate companions remain to be tested for common proper motion in upcoming follow-up observations. We also report on the astrometry of the three resolved binaries in our target sample. This pilot survey constitutes a successful proof of concept for our survey strategy and paves the way for a second stage of exploratory observations with VLT SPHERE.

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