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我们能在绕M矮星运行的系外行星上探测到极光吗?

Can we detect aurora in exoplanets orbiting M dwarfs?

A. A. Vidotto, N. Feeney, J. H. Groh

摘要:

新的仪器和望远镜,如SPIRou,CARMENES和TESS,将使已知的绕M矮星运行的行星数量增加数倍。为了指导未来的无线电观测,我们估计无线电发射从已知的M-矮行星使用的经验辐射处方来自太阳系,其中无线电发射是由风的主恒星。利用类太阳风模型,我们发现最有希望进行无线电探测的系外行星是GJ 674 b和Proxima b,其次是YZ Cet b,GJ 1214 b,GJ 436 b。这些是离我们最近的系统(<10 pc)。然而,我们也表明,我们的无线电流量是非常敏感的未知属性的风的M矮星。那么,哪些类型的风会产生可探测到的无线电辐射呢?在“逆向工程”计算中,我们证明了质量损失率dot{M} > kappa_sw /u_sw ^[3]的恒星风会驱动行星射电辐射,这些辐射可以用现代仪器探测到,其中u_{sw}是当地的恒星风速度,kappa_sw是一个常数,取决于行星的大小、距离和轨道半径。利用GJ 436和Proxima Cen的静止风的观测约束特性,我们得出结论,GJ 436 b和Proxima b不太可能用当今的无线电仪器探测到,除非宿主恒星产生偶发的日冕物质抛射。如果GJ 674 b、GJ 876 b和YZ Cet b的主星风的dot{M} u_sw ^3> 1.8 e-4 Msun/yr(km/s)^3,它们就有很好的射电探测前景。

英文摘要:

New instruments and telescopes, such as SPIRou, CARMENES and TESS, will increase manyfold the number of known planets orbiting M dwarfs. To guide future radio observations, we estimate radio emission from known M-dwarf planets using the empirical radiometric prescription derived in the solar system, in which radio emission is powered by the wind of the host star. Using solar-like wind models, we find that the most promising exoplanets for radio detections are GJ 674 b and Proxima b, followed by YZ Cet b, GJ 1214 b, GJ 436 b. These are the systems that are the closest to us (<10 pc). However, we also show that our radio fluxes are very sensitive to the unknown properties of winds of M dwarfs. So, which types of winds would generate detectable radio emission? In a "reverse engineering" calculation, we show that winds with mass-loss rates dot{M} > kappa_sw /u_sw^3 would drive planetary radio emission detectable with present-day instruments, where u_{sw} is the local stellar wind velocity and kappa_sw is a constant that depends on the size of the planet, distance and orbital radius. Using observationally-constrained properties of the quiescent winds of GJ 436 and Proxima Cen, we conclude that it is unlikely that GJ 436 b and Proxima b would be detectable with present-day radio instruments, unless the host stars generate episodic coronal mass ejections. GJ 674 b, GJ 876 b and YZ Cet b could present good prospects for radio detection, provided that their host-stars' winds have dot{M} u_sw^3 > 1.8e-4 Msun/yr (km/s)^3.

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