Spectral and atmospheric characterization of 51 Eridani b using VLT/SPHERE
M. Samland
(1, 2)
,
P. Molliere
(1, 2)
,
M. Bonnefoy
(3)
,
A.L. Maire
(1)
,
F. Cantalloube
(1, 3, 4)
,
A.C. Cheetham
(5)
,
D. Mesa
(6)
,
R. Gratton
(6)
,
B.A. Biller
(1, 7)
,
Z. Wahhaj
(8)
,
J. Bouwman
(1)
,
W. Brandner
(1)
,
D. Melnick
(9)
,
J. Carson
(1, 9)
,
M. Janson
(1, 10)
,
T. Henning
(1)
,
D. Homeier
(11)
,
C. Mordasini
(12)
,
M. Langlois
(13, 14)
,
S.P. Quanz
(15)
,
R. Van Boekel
(1)
,
A. Zurlo
(14, 16, 17)
,
J.E. Schlieder
(1, 18)
,
H. Avenhaus
(15, 16, 17)
,
J.L. Beuzit
(3)
,
A. Boccaletti
(19)
,
M. Bonavita
(6, 7)
,
G. Chauvin
(3)
,
R. Claudi
(6)
,
M. Cudel
(3)
,
S. Desidera
(6)
,
M. Feldt
(1)
,
T. Fusco
(4)
,
R. Galicher
(19)
,
T. G. Kopytova
(1, 2, 20, 21)
,
A.M. Lagrange
(3)
,
H. Le Coroller
(14)
,
P. Martinez
(22)
,
O. Moeller‐nilsson
(1)
,
D. Mouillet
(3)
,
L.M. Mugnier
(4)
,
C. Perrot
(19)
,
A. Sevin
(19)
,
E. Sissa
(6)
,
Arthur Vigan
(14)
,
L. Weber
(5)
1
MPIA -
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
2 Heidelberg University Hospital [Heidelberg]
3 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
4 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon]
5 ObsGE - Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève
6 OAPD - INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
7 IfA - Institute for Astronomy [Edinburgh]
8 ESO - European Southern Observatory [Santiago]
9 College of Charleston
10 Stockholm University
11 Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
12 UNIBE - Universität Bern = University of Bern = Université de Berne
13 CRAL - Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon
14 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
15 ETH Zürich - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich]
16 USACH - Universidad de Santiago de Chile [Santiago]
17 UDP - Universidad Diego Portales [Santiago - Chili]
18 ARC - NASA Ames Research Center
19 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
20 ASU - Arizona State University [Tempe]
21 UrFU - Ural Federal University [Ekaterinburg]
22 LAGRANGE - Joseph Louis LAGRANGE
2 Heidelberg University Hospital [Heidelberg]
3 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
4 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon]
5 ObsGE - Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève
6 OAPD - INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
7 IfA - Institute for Astronomy [Edinburgh]
8 ESO - European Southern Observatory [Santiago]
9 College of Charleston
10 Stockholm University
11 Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
12 UNIBE - Universität Bern = University of Bern = Université de Berne
13 CRAL - Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon
14 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
15 ETH Zürich - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich]
16 USACH - Universidad de Santiago de Chile [Santiago]
17 UDP - Universidad Diego Portales [Santiago - Chili]
18 ARC - NASA Ames Research Center
19 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
20 ASU - Arizona State University [Tempe]
21 UrFU - Ural Federal University [Ekaterinburg]
22 LAGRANGE - Joseph Louis LAGRANGE
M. Samland
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M. Bonnefoy
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F. Cantalloube
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D. Mesa
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R. Gratton
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B.A. Biller
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Z. Wahhaj
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W. Brandner
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M. Janson
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T. Henning
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C. Mordasini
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M. Langlois
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A. Zurlo
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M. Bonavita
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R. Claudi
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S. Desidera
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C. Perrot
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Résumé
Context. 51 Eridani b is an exoplanet around a young (20 Myr) nearby (29.4 pc) F0‐type star, which was recently discovered by direct imaging. It is one of the closest direct imaging planets in angular and physical separation (similar to 0.5 `', similar to 13 au) and is well suited for spectroscopic analysis using integral field spectrographs. Aims. We aim to refine the atmospheric properties of the known giant planet and to constrain the architecture of the system further by searching for additional companions. Methods. We used the extreme adaptive optics instrument SPHERE at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to obtain simultaneous dual‐band imaging with IRDIS and integral field spectra with IFS, extending the spectral coverage of the planet to the complete Y‐to H‐band range and providing additional photometry in the K12‐bands (2.11, 2.25 mu m). The object is compared to other known cool and peculiar dwarfs. The posterior probability distributions for parameters of cloudy and clear atmospheric models are explored using MCMC. We verified our methods by determining atmospheric parameters for the two benchmark brown dwarfs Gl 570D and HD 3651B. We used archival VLT‐NACO (L') Sparse Aperture Masking data to probe the innermost region for additional companions. Results. We present the first spectrophotometric measurements in the Y and K bands for the planet and revise its J‐band flux to values 40% fainter than previous measurements. Cloudy models with uniform cloud coverage provide a good match to the data. We derive the temperature, radius, surface gravity, metallicity, and cloud sedimentation parameter f(sed). We find that the atmosphere is highly super‐solar ([Fe/H] = 1.0 +/‐ 0.1 dex), and the low f(sed) = 1.26(‐0.29)(+0.36) value is indicative of a vertically extended, optically thick cloud cover with small sized particles. The model radius and surface gravity estimates suggest higher planetary masses of M‐gravity = 9.1(‐3.3)(+4.9) M‐J. The evolutionary model only provides a lower mass limit of > 2 M‐J (for pure hot‐start). The cold‐start model cannot explain the luminosity of the planet. The SPHERE and NACO/SAM detection limits probe the 51 Eri system at solar system scales and exclude brown‐dwarf companions more massive than 20 M‐J beyond separations of similar to 2.5 au and giant planets more massive than 2 M‐J beyond 9 au.