High angular resolution detection of β Pictoris b at 2.18 μm

Details High angular resolution detection of β Pictoris b at 2.18 μm High angular resolution detection of β Pictoris b at 2.18 μm

Apr 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011a%26a...528l..15b&link_type=abstract

Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 528, id.L15

Physics

Optics

10

Instrumentation: Adaptive Optics, Stars: Early-Type, Planetary Systems, Stars: Individual Β Pictoris

Scientific paper

Context. A giant planet was recently discovered around the young star β Pictoris. This planet is the closest to its parent star ever imaged. With an estimated mass of about 9 MJup and separation of 8-15 AU, it explains most of the peculiarities of β Pictoris and its disk. Aims: Previous detections were made in the L' band (3.8 μm) and at 4.05 μm. We recorded new Ks-band data (2.18 μm) in order to measure its color and get an additional estimate of its mass and effective temperature Methods: Angular differential Ks-band images of β Pictoris were recorded with NaCo in March and April 2010. Results: The companion is detected at Ks. This independently confirms the physical nature of β Pictoris b inferred from the L' and NB_4.05 bands. The increase of the projected separation between October-December 2009 and April 2010 observations is consistent within error bars with the expected orbital motion. Using the absolute Ks photometry, "hot start" evolutionary models predict a mass of 7-11 MJup in agreement with previous estimates. Moreover, this mass is compatible with Teff = 1700 ± 300 K derived from the comparison of the Ks - L' color with those generated using synthetic spectra.
Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, Chile, ESO. Program ID: 284.C-5057.

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