Pierre Maxted p.maxted@keele.ac.uk
BEBOP III. Observations and an independent mass measurement of Kepler-16 (AB) b - the first circumbinary planet detected with radial velocities
Maxted, Pierre F L
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Abstract
The radial velocity method is amongst the most robust and most established means of detecting exoplanets. Yet, it has so far failed to detect circumbinary planets despite their relatively high occurrence rates. Here, we report velocimetric measurements of Kepler-16A, obtained with the SOPHIE spectrograph, at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence’s 193cm telescope, collected during the BEBOP survey for circumbinary planets. Our measurements mark the first radial velocity detection of a circumbinary planet, independently determining the mass of Kepler-16 (AB) b to be 0.313±0.039MJup?, a value in agreement with eclipse timing variations. Our observations demonstrate the capability to achieve photon-noise precision and accuracy on single-lined binaries, with our final precision reaching 1.5 ms-1 on the binary and planetary signals. Our analysis paves the way for more circumbinary planet detections using radial velocities which will increase the relatively small sample of currently known systems to statistically relevant numbers, using a method that also provides weaker detection biases. Our data also contain a long-term radial velocity signal, which we associate with the magnetic cycle of the primary star.
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Maxted, P. F. L., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Standing, M. R., Heidari, N., Martin, D. V., Boisse, I., Santerne, A., Correia, A. C. M., Acuña, L., Battley, M., Bonfils, X., Carmona, A., Collier Cameron, A., Cortés-Zuleta, P., Dransfield, G., Dalal, S., Deleuil, M., Delfosse, X., Faria, J., Forveille, T., …Willett, E. (2022). BEBOP III. Observations and an independent mass measurement of Kepler-16 (AB) b - the first circumbinary planet detected with radial velocities. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511(3), 3561-3570. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3712
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 14, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 25, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022-04 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 511 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 3561-3570 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3712 |
Keywords | Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Public URL | https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/422701 |
Publisher URL | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/511/3/3561/6515255?redirectedFrom=fulltext |
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