Searching for GEMS: Discovery and Characterization of Two Brown Dwarfs Around M Dwarfs
Alexander Larsen, Tera N. Swaby, Henry A. Kobulnicky, Caleb I. Canas, Shubham Kanodia, Jessica Libby-Roberts, Andrew Monson, Arvind Gupta, William Cochran, Suvr… 展开作者
Alexander Larsen, Tera N. Swaby, Henry A. Kobulnicky, Caleb I. Canas, Shubham Kanodia, Jessica Libby-Roberts, Andrew Monson, Arvind Gupta, William Cochran, Suvrath Mahadevan, Chad Bender, Scott A. Diddams, Samuel Halverson, Andrea S. J. Lin, Maxwell Moe, Joe Ninan, Paul Robertson, Arpita Roy, Christian Schwab, Gudmunder Stefansson
Brown dwarfs bridge the gap between stars and planets, providing valuable insight into both planetary and stellar formation mechanisms. Yet the census of transiting brown dwarf companions, in particular around M dwarf stars, remains incomplete. We report the discovery of two transiting brown dwarfs around low-mass hosts using a combination of space- and ground-based photometry along with near-infrared radial velocities. We characterize TOI-5389Ab ($68.0^{+2.2}_{-2.2} \ \mj$) and TOI-5610b ($40.4^{+1.0}_{-1.0} \ \mj$), two moderately massive brown dwarfs orbiting early M dwarf hosts ($\teff = 3569 \pm 59 \ K$ and $3618 \pm 59 \ K$, respectively). For TOI-5389Ab, the best fitting parameters are period $P=10.40046 \pm 0.00002$ days, radius $R_{\rm BD}=0.824^{+0.033}_{-0.031}$~\rj, and low eccentricity $e=0.0962^{+0.0027}_{-0.0046}$. In particular, this constitutes one of the most extreme substellar-stellar companion-to-host mass ratios of $q=0.150$. For TOI-5610b, the best fitting parameters are period $P=7.95346 \pm 0.00002$ days, radius $R_{\rm BD}=0.887^{+0.031}_{-0.031}$ \rj, and moderate eccentricity $e=0.354^{+0.011}_{-0.012}$. Both targets are expected to have shallow but potentially observable secondary transits: $\lesssim 500$ ppm in Johnson K band for both. A statistical analysis of M-dwarf/BD systems reveals for the first time that those at short orbital periods ($P < 13$ days) exhibit a dearth of $13 \mj < M_{\rm BD} < 40 \mj$ companions ($q$ $<$ 0.1) compared to those at slightly wider separations.
Searching for GEMS: TOI-5916 b & TOI-6158 b are two Saturn-density planets orbiting M2 dwarfs
University of California, Irvine(加州大学尔湾分校);Carnegie Institution for Science(卡内基科学研究所);NASA Goddard Space Flight Center(美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心);U.S. National Science Foundation, National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory(美国国家科学基金会,国家光学-红外天文研究实验室);University of Wyoming(怀俄明大学);Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Observatories(拉斯坎帕纳斯天文台,卡内基观测站)
Searching for GEMS: Three warm Saturns and a super-Jupiter orbiting four early M-dwarfs
University of California, Irvine(加州大学尔湾分校);Carnegie Institution for Science(卡内基科学机构);Southeastern Universities Research Association(东南大学研究协会);NASA Goddard Space Flight Center(美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心)
We present optimal survey strategies for the upcoming NIX imager, part of the ERIS instrument to be installed on the Very Large Telescope (VLT). We will use a custom 2.2 micron K-peak filter to optimise the efficiency of a future large-scale direct imaging survey, aiming to detect brown dwarfs and giant planets around nearby stars. We use the results of previous large scale imaging surveys (primarily SPHERE SHINE and Gemini GPIES) to inform our choice of targets, as well as improved planet population distributions. We present four possible approaches to optimise survey target lists for the hig…
Searching for radio emission from stellar wind-magnetosphere interaction or co-rotation breakdown in brown dwarfs
Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC)(空间科学研究所);Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)(加泰罗尼亚空间研究学院);Institute of Applied Computing & Community Code (IAC3)(应用计算与社区代码研究所)
We present CFHT photometry and IRTF spectroscopy of low-mass candidate members of Serpens South and Serpens Core ($\sim$430 pc, $\sim$0.5 Myr), identified using a novel combination of photometric filters, known as the W-band method. We report SC182952+011618, SS182959-020335 and SS183032-021028 as young, low-mass Serpens candidate members, with spectral types in the range M7-M8, M5-L0 and M5-M6.5 respectively. Best-fit effective temperatures and luminosities imply masses of $<$ 0.12M$_{\odot}$ for all three candidate cluster members. We also present Hubble Space Telescope imaging data (F127M, …
L-type and T-type dwarfs span the boundaries between main-sequence stars, brown dwarfs, and planetary-mass objects. For these reasons, L and T dwarfs are the perfect laboratories for exploring the relationship between planet formation and moon formation, and evidence suggests they may be swarming with close-in rocky satellites, though none have been found to date. The discovery of satellites orbiting L or T dwarfs will have transformative implications for the nature of planets, moons and even life in the Universe. These transiting satellites will be prime targets for characterization with NASA…
Gravitational microlensing has the potential to provide direct gravitational masses of single, free-floating brown dwarfs, independent of evolutionary and atmospheric models. The proper motions and parallaxes of nearby brown dwarfs can be used to predict close future alignments with distant background stars that cause a microlensing event. Targeted astrometric follow up of the predicted microlensing events permits the brown dwarf's mass to be measured. Predicted microlensing events are typically found via searching for a peak threshold signal using an estimate of the lens mass. We develop a no…
The last decade of direct imaging (DI) searches for sub-stellar companions has uncovered a widely diverse sample that challenges the current formation models, while highlighting the intrinsically low occurrence rate of wide companions, especially at the lower end of the mass distribution. These results clearly show how blind surveys, crucial to constrain the underlying planet and sub-stellar companion population, are not an efficient way to increase the sample of DI companions. It is therefore becoming clear that efficient target selection methods are essential to ensure a larger number of det…
The VLT/NaCo large program to probe the occurrence of exoplanets and brown dwarfs at wide orbits. III. The frequency of brown dwarfs and giant planets as companions to solar-type stars
Our aim is to investigate the nature and formation of brown dwarfs by adding a new well-characterised object to the small sample of less than 20 transiting brown dwarfs. One brown dwarf candidate was found by the KESPRINT consortium when searching for exoplanets in the K2 space mission Campaign 16 field. We combined the K2 photometric data with a series of multi-colour photometric observations, imaging and radial velocity measurements to rule out false positive scenarios and to determine the fundamental properties of the system. We report the discovery and characterisation of a transiting brow…
SPECULOOS is a ground-based transit survey consisting of six identical 1-m robotic telescopes. The immediate goal of the project is to detect temperate terrestrial planets transiting nearby ultracool dwarfs (late M-dwarf stars and brown dwarfs), which could be amenable for atmospheric research with the next generation of telescopes. Here, we report the developments of the northern counterpart of the project - SPECULOOS Northern Observatory, and present its performance during the first three years of operations from mid-2019 to mid-2022. Currently, the observatory consists of one telescope, whi…
SaNDi-SHoP: Searching for Satellites'N'Disks with a Star-Hopping Program II. Spectrophotometric analysis and orbital monitoring of directly imaged companions
Instituto de Estudios Astrofísicos, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales(迪亚斯·波萨莱斯大学工程与科学学院天体物理研究所);Millennium Nucleus on Young Exoplanets and their Moons (YEMS)(年轻系外行星及其卫星千年核心计划);INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova(意大利国家天体物理研究所帕多瓦天文台);Departamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile(圣地亚哥智利大学物理系);Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Astrophysics and Space Science (CIRAS), Universidad de Santiago de Chile(圣地亚哥智利大学天体物理学与空间科学跨学科研究中心);Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University(德克萨斯农工大学物理与天文学系);European Southern Observatory(欧洲南方天文台)
SaNDi-SHoP: Searching for Satellites'N'Disks with a Star-Hopping Program I. Analysis of the close surroundings of DI companions
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova(意大利国家天体物理研究所帕多瓦天文台);Instituto de Estudios Astrofísicos, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales(迭戈波特莱斯大学工程与科学学院天体物理研究所);Millennium Nucleus on Young Exoplanets and their Moons (YEMS)(年轻系外行星及其卫星千年核心(YEMS));Departamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile(圣地亚哥智利大学物理系);Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Astrophysics and Space Science (CIRAS), Universidad de Santiago de Chile(圣地亚哥智利大学跨学科天体物理学和空间科学研究中心);Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University(德克萨斯农工大学物理与天文学系)
Joint Observations of PTPS Targets (JOTA). Combined spectroscopic and photometric analysis of 16 SB1 systems
Institute of Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń(托伦尼古拉·哥白尼大学天文学研究所);Center for Astrophysical Surveys, National Center for Supercomputing Applications(国家超级计算应用中心天体物理调查中心);Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA(西班牙国家航空航天技术研究所与最高科学研究委员会联合天体生物学中心);Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences(斯洛伐克科学院天文研究所);The Pennsylvania State University(宾夕法尼亚州立大学)
Two Low Mass-Ratio Microlensing Planets and Two Types of Central-Resonant Degeneracy
Westlake University(西湖大学);Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute(韩国天体物理与空间科学研究所);Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw(华沙大学天文台);Westlake Institute for Advanced Study(西湖高等研究院);University of Canterbury, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences(坎特伯雷大学物理与化学科学学院);Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy(马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所);Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University(俄亥俄州立大学天文学系);Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University(忠北国立大学物理系);National University of S(国立S大学)
Context. The 16 Myr old star 1SWASP J140747.93-394542.6 (V1400 Cen) underwent a series of complex eclipses in May 2007, interpreted as the transit of a giant Hill sphere filling debris ring system around a secondary companion, J1407b. No other eclipses have since been detected, although other measurements have constrained but not uniquely determined the orbital period of J1407b. Finding another eclipse towards J1407 will help determine the orbital period of the system, the geometry of the proposed ring system and enable planning of further observations to characterize the material within these…