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Extrasolar planets Emre Işık (MPS, Lindau) S3 lecture Origin of solar systems 14 February 2006 Outline • Planet detection methods – Methodology – Some recent results • Statistical properties of exoplanets • Future prospects Struve, O. 1952 Obs., 870, 199 Detection techniques I Precise stellar radial velocities N. Strobel to observer Detection techniques II Transit photometry Df / f = (Rp / R)2 pa = (PorbR) / Dt Detection techniques II Transit photometry Planets around binary stars Advantages • Easy (if automated!), small telescopes with good sites/detectors • Possibility to detect low-mass planets, especially from space (Kepler mission, 2008) Reflection effect Disadvantages • Transit probability low; simultaneous observations of many stars Deeg (1998) • Confusion with starspots, multiple stars HST light curve of HD 209458 b Brown et al. (2001) • Stellar radius and limb-darkening profile • Planet's mass and radius • No rings around the planet • No moons with M > 3 ME (repeated obs.) Detection techniques III Microlensing Detection techniques III Microlensing events OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53 Discovered planet: 1.5 MJ @ 3 AU Bond et al. 2004, Astroph. J. Letters , 606 , L155 Detection techniques III Microlensing events Discovery of a Cool Planet of 5.5 Earth Masses. OGLE-2005-BLG-390 Discovered planet: 5.5 ME @ 2.6 AU Beaulieu et al., 2006, Nature, 439, 437 Detection techniques IV Astrometry “Celestial” motion of the Sun due mainly to Jupiter & Saturn, as seen from 33 light years away… Astrometry A Jupiter analog orbiting 5 AU from a solar-type star produces an astrometric amplitude of 0.5 milliarcsec (mas). A star with planet close to (about 1 arcmin) to a star without planet is needed. Direct, short CCD exposure at Palomar 5m and Keck telescopes may yield 0.1 mas. Palomar test-bed interferometer yields 60-70 μas, VLTI should allow 20 μas. Space missions may do better as interference from terrestrial atmosphere is eliminated. As of 1998, no object has been found. Technique is in its infancy. Big telescope resources are needed. Detection techniques V Direct imaging ! Detection techniques V Direct imaging ! Visible light Infrared light Detection techniques V Direct imaging ! • • • • • Name: 2M1207 b Msini: 5 ± 1 MJ Radius:1.5 RJ Temperature1240 ± 60 K Semi-major axis: (projected dist.) ~ 55 AU • Orbital period: > 2450 yr • Mass (star/M_sun): 0.025 NACO/VLT image, Chauvin et al. 2005 Substellar companion to GQ Lupi • IR image (NACO/VLT) GQ Lupi (A) orbited by a planet (b) at a distance of ~20xJupiter-Sun. • GQ Lupi: 400 ly, 0.7 M • Mass: 1-42 MJ Detection techniques VI [reflection/absorption] spectroscopy Detection techniques VI [reflection/absorption] spectroscopy Detection techniques VI [reflection/absorption] spectroscopy Caution: “planet occurrence” is biased by RV sensitivity! Properties of the detected planets Lineweaver & Grether 2003 Properties of the detected planets Lineweaver & Grether 2003 Extrapolations Lineweaver & Grether 2003 Lineweaver & Grether 2003 Evolutionary models Fig.: Collier Cameron (2002) • Different assumptions on the inhibition of cooling by irradiation from the parent star, and the planet's internal structure (Burrows et al. [2000], Bodenheimer et al. [2001] and Guillot and Showman [2002]) The future: Future of future: 2015 - 2025 O3 CO2