Bibcode
Niedzielski, A.; Villaver, E.; Nowak, G.; Adamów, M.; Kowalik, K.; Wolszczan, A.; Deka-Szymankiewicz, B.; Adamczyk, M.; Maciejewski, G.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 588, id.A62, 9 pp.
Fecha de publicación:
4
2016
Revista
Número de citas
10
Número de citas referidas
8
Descripción
Context. Evolved stars are crucial pieces for our understanding of the
dependency of the planet formation mechanism on the stellar mass and for
exploring the mechanism involved in star-planet interactions more
deeply. Over the last ten years, we have monitored about 1000 evolved
stars for radial velocity variations in the search for low-mass
companions under the Penn State - Torun Centre for Astronomy Planet
Search program with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET). Selected
prospective candidates that required higher RV precision measurements
were followed with HARPS-N at the 3.6 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
under the TAPAS project. Aims: We aim to detect planetary systems
around evolved stars to be able to build sound statistics on the
frequency and intrinsic nature of these systems, and to deliver in-depth
studies of selected planetary systems with evidence of star-planet
interaction processes. Methods: For HD 5583 we obtained 14 epochs
of precise RV measurements that were collected over 2313 days with the
HET, and 22 epochs of ultra-precise HARPS-N data collected over 976
days. For BD+15 2375 we collected 24 epochs of HET data over 3286 days
and 25 epochs of HARPS-S data over 902 days. Results: We report
the discovery of two planetary mass objects that are orbiting two
evolved red giant stars: HD 5583 has a msini = 5.78MJ
companion at 0.529 AU in a nearly circular orbit (e = 0.076), the
closest companion to a giant star detected with the RV technique, and
BD+15 2735 that, with a msini = 1.06MJ, holds the record for
the lightest planet orbiting an evolved star found so far (in a circular
e = 0.001, 0.576 AU orbit). These are the third and fourth planets found
within the TAPAS project, a HARPS-N monitoring of evolved planetary
systems identified with the HET.
Based on observations obtained with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, which is
a joint project of the University of Texas at Austin, the Pennsylvania
State University, Stanford University,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.Based on observations made
with the Italian Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) operated on the
island of La Palma by the Fundación Galileo Galilei of the INAF
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) at the Spanish Observatorio del
Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofísica de
Canarias.