HARPS radial velocity follow up of GJ 1214 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Cloutier R.
  2. Charbonneau D.
  3. Deming D.
  4. Bonfils X.
  5. Astudillo-defru N.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present an intensive effort to refine the mass and orbit of the enveloped terrestrial planet GJ1214b using 165 radial velocity (RV) measurements taken with the HARPS spectrograph over a period of 10years. We conduct a joint analysis of the RVs with archival Spitzer/IRAC transits and measure a planetary mass and radius of 8.17{+/-}0.43M{Earth} and 2.742-_0.053_^+0.050^R{Earth}. Assuming that GJ1214b is an Earth-like core surrounded by a H/He envelope, we measure an envelope mass fraction of X_env_=5.24_-0.29_^+0.30^%. GJ1214b remains a prime target for secondary eclipse observations of an enveloped terrestrial, the scheduling of which benefits from our constraint on the orbital eccentricity of <0.063 at 95% confidence, which narrows the secondary eclipse window to 2.8hr. By combining GJ1214 with other mid-M-dwarf transiting systems with intensive RV follow up, we calculate the frequency of mid-M-dwarf planetary systems with multiple small planets and find that 90_-21_^+5^% of mid-M dwarfs with a known planet with mass [1,10]M{Earth} and orbital period [0.5,50]days, will host at least one additional planet. We rule out additional planets around GJ1214 down to 3M{Earth} within 10days, such that GJ1214 is a single-planet system within these limits. This result has a 44_-5_^+9^ probability given the prevalence of multiplanet systems around mid-M dwarfs. We also investigate mid-M-dwarf RV systems and show that the probability that all reported RV planet candidates are real planets is <12% at 99% confidence, although this statistical argument is unable to identify the probable false positives.

Keywords
  1. exoplanets
  2. m-stars
  3. dwarf-stars
  4. visible-astronomy
  5. spectroscopy
  6. radial-velocity
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021AJ....162..174C
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51620174

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2022-01-07T08:49:11Z
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2022-01-07T08:49:11Z
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