Validation of the exoplanet Kepler-21b using PAVO/CHARA long-baseline interferometry
| Autor: | Judit Sturmann, Harold A. McAlister, Steve B. Howell, Laszlo Sturmann, Michael J. Ireland, Timothy R. White, Timothy R. Bedding, P. J. Goldfinger, T. ten Brummelaar, Peter G. Tuthill, Daniel Huber, Nils H. Turner, Gail H. Schaefer, Chris Farrington, Antoine Mérand, Vicente Maestro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Physics
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Astronomy and Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics Kepler Exoplanet CHARA array Radial velocity Stars Interferometry Space and Planetary Science Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Speckle imaging Adaptive optics Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 423:L16-L20 |
| ISSN: | 1745-3925 |
| Popis: | We present long-baseline interferometry of the Kepler exoplanet host star HD179070 (Kepler-21) using the PAVO beam combiner at the CHARA Array. The visibility data are consistent with a single star and exclude stellar companions at separations ~1-1000 mas (~ 0.1-113 AU) and contrasts < 3.5 magnitudes. This result supports the validation of the 1.6 R_{earth} exoplanet Kepler-21b by Howell et al. (2012) and complements the constraints set by adaptive optics imaging, speckle interferometry, and radial velocity observations to rule out false-positives due to stellar companions. We conclude that long-baseline interferometry has strong potential to validate transiting extrasolar planets, particularly for future projects aimed at brighter stars and for host stars where radial velocity follow-up is not available. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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