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多重分形谱分析在系外行星探测中的应用

Exoplanetary Detection By Multifractal Spectral Analysis

Sahil Agarwal, Fabio Del Sordo, John S. Wettlaufer

摘要:

由于技术进步,在过去几年中发现的系外行星数量急剧增加。然而,当试图观察地球类似物时,通常很难测试检测的准确性。我们开发了一种基于时间多重分形的系外行星光谱观测分析的新方法,该方法识别表征围绕宿主恒星的行星轨道运动的时间尺度,以及由恒星特征(例如斑点)产生的时间尺度。没有拟合恒星模型的光谱数据,我们展示了如何使用噪声幅度作为信息源,从噪声数据中鲁棒地检测行星信号。对于凌日行星的观测,将这种方法与简单的几何学相结合,使我们能够将所获得的时间尺度与系外行星的主日食和次日食联系起来。利用地基和天基观测获得的数据,我们已经在HD 189733b上测试了我们的方法。此外,我们已经研究了使用这种技术在测量行星轨道运动通过多普勒频移检测。最后,我们分析了使用SOAP 2.0工具获得的合成光谱,该工具模拟了恒星光谱以及行星或斑点在一个轨道周期内对光谱的影响。我们已经证明,只要信号噪声比$\ge$ 75,我们的方法重建的行星轨道周期,以及在恒星表面上的一个点的旋转周期。

英文摘要:

Owing to technological advances, the number of exoplanets discovered has risen dramatically in the last few years. However, when trying to observe Earth analogs, it is often difficult to test the veracity of detection. We have developed a new approach to the analysis of exoplanetary spectral observations based on temporal multifractality, which identifies time scales that characterize planetary orbital motion around the host star, and those that arise from stellar features such as spots. Without fitting stellar models to spectral data, we show how the planetary signal can be robustly detected from noisy data using noise amplitude as a source of information. For observation of transiting planets, combining this method with simple geometry allows us to relate the time scales obtained to primary and secondary eclipse of the exoplanets. Making use of data obtained with ground-based and space-based observations we have tested our approach on HD 189733b. Moreover, we have investigated the use of this technique in measuring planetary orbital motion via Doppler shift detection. Finally, we have analyzed synthetic spectra obtained using the SOAP 2.0 tool, which simulates a stellar spectrum and the influence of the presence of a planet or a spot on that spectrum over one orbital period. We have demonstrated that, so long as the signal-to-noise-ratio $\ge$ 75, our approach reconstructs the planetary orbital period, as well as the rotation period of a spot on the stellar surface.

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