scholarly journals Planetary Systems and Stellar Multiplicity

1977 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 175-187
Author(s):  
Su-Shu Huang

AbstractIn this paper we have discussed the origin of planetary systems on one hand and binary and multiple stars on the other. First we show that phenomenological differences between these two kinds of celestial objects are due to their genetic difference. The basic point is that formation of a planetary system around a star has to be a minor event in the life history of the star while formation of a binary or multiple system has to be an event that is important equally to all components of the system. Thus the planetary system evolves from a rotating disk of gaseous and dust particles that comes into being after the star has already been there. It is therefore reasonable to suggest that the rotating disk results from transfer of angular momentum from the central star to the surrounding medium which is likely a residue left over in the process of formation of the central star.Binary and multiple systems cannot be formed in this way because they do not show the characteristics of having come out of a rotating disk. The dominant mechanism of their formation is that they were formed naturally as they are, each from perhaps a single condensation in the interstellar medium. However such a single mechanism of formation cannot satisfactorily explain the observed spread of binaries in mean separations between two components (or equivalently orbital periods). But the disagreement may be removed by including a small number of binaries formed by other processes and by considering the change of orbital elements of binaries after their formation. Trapezia were likely formed also by more than one mechanism.That several stars could be formed, from a single condensation requires the” existence oí pre-stellar nuclei which are briefly: discussed at the end of the paper.

2020 ◽  
Vol 641 ◽  
pp. A38
Author(s):  
F. Gallet

Context. The presence of a massive close-in planet with an orbital period of a few days or less around a low-mass star can possibly result in a strong variation in the properties of the central star. Indeed, star-planet tidal interactions generate exchanges of angular momentum that can result in tidal spin-up. This effect could then lead to gyrochronological ages biased towards younger ages. Aims. This article provides the community with TATOO, a standalone tool based on tidal-chronology, with which to estimate the age of a massive close-in planetary system using only its observed properties: mass of the planet and the star, stellar rotation, and planetary orbital periods. Methods. I used a star-planet tidal evolution numerical code to create a large multi-parametric grid of the evolution of synthetic star-planet systems. Furthermore, using the tidal-chronology technique, I employed a 3D interpolation method to provide a fairly precise age estimate of any given planetary system composed of one massive close-in planet. Results. About half of the planetary systems investigated in this work are subject to tidal spin-up bias. I pointed out that this bias linearly scales with the ratio between rotation and orbital period, making this quantity a useful proxy to rapidly investigate whether tidal-chronology needs to be used. Moreover, while being model dependent, TATOO can also be used even if no rotational departure is present. In that case, it gives results in agreement with the classical gyrochronological analysis. Conclusions. TATOO is a useful tool specifically designed for massive close-in planetary systems that can also be used as a classical gyrochronological tool. For now it is the only publicly available software to estimate the age of massive close-in planetary systems subject to tidal spin-up. In that sense, tidal-chronology can be seen as a first order correction of the impact of tidal interaction on gyrochronology.


Author(s):  
А.В. Тутуков ◽  
А.В. Федорова

Обнаружение планетной системы K2-290 A с двумя копланарными планетами, которые обращаются в направлении, обратном вращению центральной звезды, ставит задачу поиска адекватного сценария возникновения таких систем. В данной статье представленные нами ранее сценарии образования планетных систем пересматриваются для оценки возможности формирования в их рамках планет с орбитальным вращением, обратным вращению их центральных звезд. Оценки показывают, что аккреция холодного газа гигантских молекулярных облаков старыми звездами солнечной массы, движущимися в этих облаках с низкой относительной скоростью менее ∼ 1 км/с - это наиболее вероятный сценарий возникновения таких планетных систем. С другой стороны, обратное вращение только одной из нескольких планет системы может быть результатом взаимодействия близких массивных планет на неустойчивых орбитах. Detection of planetary system K2-290 A with two coplanar planets, which rotate in the direction opposite to the rotation of the central star, poses the problem of finding an adequate scenario for the emergence of such systems. In this article, the scenarios for the formation of planetary systems are revised to assess the possibility of forming within their framework planets with orbital rotation opposite to the rotation of their central stars. Estimates show that the accretion of cold gas from giant molecular clouds (GMOs) by old solar-mass stars moving in GMOs with a relative speed less than ∼ 1 km/s - this is the most probable scenario for the emergence of such planetary systems. On the other hand, the opposite rotation of only one of the several planets of the system can be the result of interaction of nearby massive planets in unstable orbits.


Author(s):  
Richard P. Nelson ◽  
Phil Hellary ◽  
Stephen M. Fendyke ◽  
Gavin Coleman

Observations of extrasolar planets are providing new opportunities for furthering our understanding of planetary formation processes. In this paper, we review planet formation and migration scenarios and describe some recent simulations that combine planetary accretion and gas-disc-driven migration. While the simulations are successful at forming populations of low- and intermediate-mass planets with short orbital periods, similar to those that are being observed by ground- and space-based surveys, our models fail to form any gas giant planets that survive migration into the central star. The simulation results are contrasted with observations, and areas of future model development are discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Zixin Li

To find out the general motion model of exo-planetary systems with one star and two planets, a computer program was used to carry out simulations and generate graphs showing the orbits of planets. When given the orbital periods and masses of the planets and stars, it is possible to predict the location of the planets over time and plot the shape of the orbit by considering the gravitational interactions between planets and the star, assuming that the planetary orbits are co-planar. I used the program to reproduce the result of transit timing variations (TTVs) of Kepler-46 system, I then investigated on the magnitude of transit timing variations on a 3-body system with various masses and periods. I also ran simulations to investigate the pattern of orbits for different periods of planets in order to get a systematic conclusion.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S293) ◽  
pp. 171-173
Author(s):  
Wei Hao ◽  
M. B. N. Kouwenhoven

AbstractDistant stellar encouters can substantially affect the dynamical evolution of existing stellar and planetary systems (e.g., Malmberg et al. 2007; Spurzem et al. 2009). Although planets with small orbital periods are not directly affected by encountering stars, the secular evolution of a perturbed system may result in the ejection of the innermost planets, or physical collisions between the innermost planets and the host star, hundreds of thousands of years after a weak encounter with a neighboring star occurs. Here we present the results of our study on the cumulative effect of distant stellar encounters on multi-planet systems in star clusters, and how these results depend on the properties of the star cluster in which a planetary system is born (for details we refer to Hao & Kouwenhoven, in prep.). With our simulations we explain the scarcity of exoplanets in star clusters, not only for those in wide orbits (affected by stellar encounters), but also in close orbits (affected by the secular evolution of the system following an encounter).


Author(s):  
Asmita Bhandare ◽  
Susanne Pfalzner

Abstract Most stars form as part of a stellar group. These young stars are mostly surrounded by a disk from which potentially a planetary system might form. Both, the disk and later on the planetary system, may be affected by the cluster environment due to close fly-bys. The here presented database can be used to determine the gravitational effect of such fly-bys on non-viscous disks and planetary systems. The database contains data for fly-by scenarios spanning mass ratios between the perturber and host star from 0.3 to 50.0, periastron distances from 30 au to 1000 au, orbital inclination from 0∘ to 180∘ and angle of periastron of 0∘, 45∘ and 90∘. Thus covering a wide parameter space relevant for fly-bys in stellar clusters. The data can either be downloaded to perform one’s own diagnostics like for e.g. determining disk size, disk mass, etc. after specific encounters, obtain parameter dependencies or the different particle properties can be visualized interactively. Currently the database is restricted to fly-bys on parabolic orbits, but it will be extended to hyperbolic orbits in the future. All of the data from this extensive parameter study is now publicly available as DESTINY.


2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (2) ◽  
pp. 2711-2731
Author(s):  
Andrew Bunting ◽  
Caroline Terquem

ABSTRACT We calculate the conversion from non-adiabatic, non-radial oscillations tidally induced by a hot Jupiter on a star to observable spectroscopic and photometric signals. Models with both frozen convection and an approximation for a perturbation to the convective flux are discussed. Observables are calculated for some real planetary systems to give specific predictions. The photometric signal is predicted to be proportional to the inverse square of the orbital period, P−2, as in the equilibrium tide approximation. However, the radial velocity signal is predicted to be proportional to P−1, and is therefore much larger at long orbital periods than the signal corresponding to the equilibrium tide approximation, which is proportional to P−3. The prospects for detecting these oscillations and the implications for the detection and characterization of planets are discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 618 ◽  
pp. A116 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Prieto-Arranz ◽  
E. Palle ◽  
D. Gandolfi ◽  
O. Barragán ◽  
E. W. Guenther ◽  
...  

Context. Multiplanet systems are excellent laboratories to test planet formation models as all planets are formed under the same initial conditions. In this context, systems transiting bright stars can play a key role, since planetary masses, radii, and bulk densities can be measured. Aims. GJ 9827 (K2-135) has recently been found to host a tightly packed system consisting of three transiting small planets whose orbital periods of 1.2, 3.6, and 6.2 days are near the 1:3:5 ratio. GJ 9827 hosts the nearest planetary system (~30 pc) detected by NASA’s Kepler or K2 space mission. Its brightness (V = 10.35 mag) makes the star an ideal target for detailed studies of the properties of its planets. Methods. Combining the K2 photometry with high-precision radial-velocity measurements gathered with the FIES, HARPS, and HARPS-N spectrographs we revised the system parameters and derive the masses of the three planets. Results. We find that GJ 9827 b has a mass of Mb = 3.69−0.46+0.48 M⊕ and a radius of Rb = 1.58−0.13+0.14 R⊕, yielding a mean density of ρb = 5.11−1.27+1.74 g cm−3. GJ 9827 c has a mass of Mc = 1.45−0.57+0.58 M⊕, radius of Rc = 1.24−0.11+0.11 R⊕, and a mean density of ρc = 4.13−1.77+2.31 g cm−3. For GJ 9827 d, we derive Md = 1.45−0.57+0.58 M⊕, Rd = 1.24−0.11+0.11 R⊕, and ρd = 1.51−0.53+0.71 g cm−3. Conclusions. GJ 9827 is one of the few known transiting planetary systems for which the masses of all planets have been determined with a precision better than 30%. This system is particularly interesting because all three planets are close to the limit between super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. The planetary bulk compositions are compatible with a scenario where all three planets formed with similar core and atmosphere compositions, and we speculate that while GJ 9827 b and GJ 9827 c lost their atmospheric envelopes, GJ 9827 d maintained its primordial atmosphere, owing to the much lower stellarirradiation. This makes GJ 9827 one of the very few systems where the dynamical evolution and the atmosphericescape can be studied in detail for all planets, helping us to understand how compact systems form and evolve.


2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S249) ◽  
pp. 511-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Gayon ◽  
Eric Bois

AbstractMulti-planet systems detected until now are in most cases characterized by hot-Jupiters close to their central star as well as high eccentricities. As a consequence, from a dynamical point of view, compact multi-planetary systems form a variety of the general N-body problem (with N ≥ 3), whose solutions are not necessarily known. Extrasolar planets are up to now found in prograde (i.e. direct) orbital motions about their host star and often in mean-motion resonances (MMR). In the present paper, we investigate a theoretical alternative suitable for the stability of compact multi-planetary systems. When the outer planet moves on a retrograde orbit in MMR with respect to the inner planet, we find that the so-called retrograde resonances present fine and characteristic structures particularly relevant for dynamical stability. We show that retrograde resonances and their resources open a family of stabilizing mechanisms involving specific behaviors of apsidal precessions. We also point up that for particular orbital data, retrograde MMRs may provide more robust stability compared to the corresponding prograde MMRs.


Author(s):  
Clémence Fontanive ◽  
Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi

We present results from an extensive search in the literature and Gaia DR2 for visual co-moving binary companions to stars hosting exoplanets and brown dwarfs within 200 pc. We found 218 planet hosts out of the 938 in our sample to be part of multiple-star systems, with 10 newly discovered binaries and 2 new tertiary stellar components. This represents an overall raw multiplicity rate of 23.2 ± 1.6 % for hosts to exoplanets across all spectral types, with multi-planet systems found to have a lower stellar duplicity frequency at the 2.2-σ level. We found that more massive hosts are more often in binary configurations, and that planet-bearing stars in multiple systems are predominantly observed to be the most massive component of stellar binaries. Investigations of the multiplicity of planetary systems as a function of planet mass and separation revealed that giant planets with masses above 0.1 MJup are more frequently seen in stellar binaries than small sub-Jovian planets with a 3.6-σ difference, a trend enhanced for the most massive (>7 MJup) short-period (<0.5 AU) planets and brown dwarf companions. Binarity was however found to have no significant effect on the demographics of low- mass planets (<0.1 MJup) or warm and cool gas giants (>0.5 AU). While stellar companion mass appears to have no impact on planet properties, binary separation seems to be an important factor in the resulting structure of planetary systems. Stellar companions on separations <1000 AU can play a role in the formation or evolution of massive, close-in planets, while planets in wider binaries show similar properties to planets orbiting single stars. Finally, our analyses indicate that numerous stellar companions on separations smaller than 1–3 arcsec likely remain undiscovered to this date. Continuous efforts to complete our knowledge of stellar multiplicity on separations of tens to hundreds of AU are essential to confirm the reported trends and further our understanding of the roles played by multiplicity on exoplanets.


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