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Hα detection in KELT-9b - an extended hydrogen envelope of the hottest exoplanet
Fei Yan (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany
F. Yan & Th. Henning, 2018, Nature Astronomy, 2, 714–718
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Hα detection in exoplanets
difficulties:
Large number of excited atoms needed (unlike Lyα)
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Hα detection in exoplanets
difficulties:
Large number of excited atoms needed (unlike Lyα) Stellar Hα source is complicated
Hα image of the Sun
Ehrenreich, 2018, Nature Astronomy, 2, 703
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KELT-9b: the hottest exoplanet
The host star: A0 type star, T ~ 10,000 K, V = 7.56 The planet: gas gaint Teq ~ 4000 K
( Gaudi et al. 2017, Nature, 546, 514–518)
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Observation:
DDT proposal to Calar Alto Observatory: two transits with CARMENES: 2017-08-06 and 2017-09-21
CARMENES: new high resolution spectrograph (R ~ 94, 600)
Both observations were under partially cloudy weather
In transit
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Date reduction:
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Date reduction:
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• Rebin the two nights data with 0.01 phase step. • 18 residual spectra obtained.
Date reduction:
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Planetary orbital motion ( -91 km/s to +91 km/s during transit)
Date reduction: Ph
ase
In transit
• Rebin the two nights data with 0.01 phase step. • 18 residual spectra obtained.
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fast rotating: Vsini = 111.4 km/s Spin–orbit alignment: -85 degree
Stellar line variation:
Rossiter–McLaughlin (RM) effect
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Model the stellar line variation:
Model: RM effect + CLV (center-to-limb variation) effect
CLV effect: Yan et al. 2017, A&A
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Light curve (of equivalent width):
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Well resolved Hα line profile:
(1) Absorption depth: 1.15% (transit depth: 0.68%) (2) Gaussian sigma: 21.7 km/s (optically thick)
1.15%
21.7km/s
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Interpretation:
1.15% line depth 1.64 Rplanet Extended atmosphere close to the Roche lobe
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Interpretation:
1.15% line depth 1.64 Rplanet Extended atmosphere close to the Roche lobe Atmosphere probably escaping dramatically
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Individual night:
repeatable and stable
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Conclusions:
• We detected strong Hα absorption in the atmosphere of hottest exoplanet with CARMENES.
• The planet has an extended atmosphere close to its Roche lobe, indicating an escaping atmosphere.
• The planetary orbital RV was directly measured with a single line.
Fei Yan @ HoRES, Nice, France, Oct. 2018
F. Yan & Th. Henning, 2018, Nature Astronomy, 2, 714–718