SPHERE 系外行星红外巡天 (SHINE) —— II. 观测、数据处理与分析:探测性能与早期结果
地球与行星天体物理
2021-07-14 v1 天体物理仪器与方法
太阳与恒星天体物理
摘要
在过去的几十年中,直接成像已证实存在距宿主恒星宽轨道(>10 au)的亚恒星伴星(系外行星或棕矮星)。为了理解它们的形成和演化机制,我们于 2015 年启动了 SPHERE 系外行星红外巡天 (SHINE),这是一项针对年轻、邻近恒星的系统性直接成像巡天,以探索其人口统计特征。我们的目标是探测并表征年轻、邻近恒星周围雪线之外的巨行星和棕矮星种群。结合巡天完备性,我们的观测提供了约束这些年轻巨行星统计特性(出现率、质量和轨道分布、对恒星质量的依赖性)的机会。在本研究中,我们展示了观测和数据分析策略、探测候选体的排序过程,以及针对 150 颗恒星子样本的巡天性能,该子样本代表了完整的 SHINE 样本。观测于 2015 年 2 月至 2017 年 2 月以均匀方式使用专用的地基 VLT/SPHERE 仪器进行,该仪器配备 IFS 积分场光谱仪和 IRDIS 双波段成像仪,覆盖 0.9 至 2.3 m 的光谱范围。我们使用日冕、角微分和光谱微分成像技术,使本研究在行星质量区间内达到最佳探测性能。
引用
@article{arxiv.2103.03976,
title = {The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE) -- II. Observations, Data reduction and analysis Detection performances and early-results},
author = {M. Langlois and R. Gratton and A. -M. Lagrange and P. Delorme and A. Boccaletti and M. Bonnefoy and A. -L. Maire and D. Mesa and G. Chauvin and S. Desidera and A. Vigan and A. Cheetham and J. Hagelberg and M. Feldt and M. Meyer and P. Rubini and H. Le Coroller and F. Cantalloube and B. Biller and M. Bonavita and T. Bhowmik and W. Brandner and S. Daemgen and V. D'Orazi and O. Flasseur and C. Fontanive and R. Galicher and J. Girard and P. Janin-Potiron and M. Janson and M. Keppler and T. Kopytova and E. Lagadec and J. Lannier and C. Lazzoni and R. Ligi and N. Meunier and A. Perreti and C. Perrot and L. Rodet and C. Romero and D. Rouan and M. Samland and G. Salter and E. Sissa and T. Schmidt and A. Zurlo and D. Mouillet and L. Denis and E. Thiebaut and J. Milli and Z. Wahhaj and J. -L. Beuzit and C. Dominik and Th. Henning and F. Menard and A. Muller and H. M. Schmid and M. Turatto and S. Udry and L. Abe and J. Antichi and F. Allard and A. Baruffolo and P. Baudoz and J. Baudrand and A. Bazzon and P. Blanchard and M. Carbillet and M. Carle and E. Cascone and J. Charton and R. Claudi and A. Costille and V. De Caprio and A. Delboulbe and K. Dohlen and D. Fantinel and P. Feautrier and T. Fusco and P. Gigan and E. Giro and D. Gisler and L. Gluck and C. Gry and N. Hubin and E. Hugot and M. Jaquet and M. Kasper and D. Le Mignant and M. Llored and F. Madec and Y. Magnard and P. Martinez and D. Maurel and S. Messina and O. Moller-Nilsson and L. Mugnier and T. Moulin and A. Origne and A. Pavlov and D. Perret and C. Petit and J. Pragt and P. Puget and P. Rabou and J. Ramos and F. Rigal and S. Rochat and R. Roelfsema and G. Rousset and A. Roux and B. Salasnich and J. F. Sauvage and A. Sevin and C. Soenke and E. Stadler and M. Suarez and L. Weber and F. Wildi and E. Rickman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.03976},
year = {2021}
}