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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 780, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/780/1/L4
关键词
instrumentation: adaptive optics; open clusters and associations: individual (Lower Centaurus Crux); planet-disk interactions; planetary systems; stars: individual (HD 106906)
资金
- NSF MRI
- TSIP
- ATI
- NSF [DGE-1143953, AST1008908, AST1313029]
- NASA Sagan Fellowship Program via Caltech
- NAI [NNA09DA81A]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [1008908, 1206422] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [1313029] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
We report the discovery of a planetary-mass companion, HD 106906 b, with the new Magellan Adaptive Optics (MagAO) + Clio2 system. The companion is detected with Clio2 in three bands: J, K-S, and L', and lies at a projected separation of 7.'' 1 (650AU). It is confirmed to be comoving with its 13 +/- 2 Myr F5 host using Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys astrometry over a time baseline of 8.3 yr. DUSTY and COND evolutionary models predict that the companion's luminosity corresponds to a mass of 11 +/- 2M(Jup), making it one of the most widely separated planetary-mass companions known. We classify its Magellan/Folded-Port InfraRed Echellette J/H/K spectrum as L2.5 +/- 1; the triangular H-band morphology suggests an intermediate surface gravity. HD 106906 A, a pre-main-sequence Lower Centaurus Crux member, was initially targeted because it hosts a massive debris disk detected via infrared excess emission in unresolved Spitzer imaging and spectroscopy. The disk emission is best fit by a single component at 95 K, corresponding to an inner edge of 15-20 AU and an outer edge of up to 120 AU. If the companion is on an eccentric (e > 0.65) orbit, it could be interacting with the outer edge of the disk. Close-in, planet-like formation followed by scattering to the current location would likely disrupt the disk and is disfavored. Furthermore, we find no additional companions, though we could detect similar-mass objects at projected separations > 35 AU. In situ formation in a binary-star-like process is more probable, although the companion-to-primary mass ratio, at <1%, is unusually small.
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