2024A&A...688A.112V -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 688A112 (2024/8-1)
The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs Revisiting the GJ 581 multi-planetary system with new Doppler measurements from CARMENES, HARPS, and HIRES.
VON STAUFFENBERG A., TRIFONOV T., QUIRRENBACH A., REFFERT S., KAMINSKI A., DREIZLER S., RIBAS I., REINERS A., KURSTER M., TWICKEN J.D., RAPETTI D., CABALLERO J.A., AMADO P.J., BEJAR V.J.S., CIFUENTES C., GONGORA S., HATZES A.P., HENNING T., MONTES D., MORALES J.C. and SCHWEITZER A.
Abstract (from CDS):
Context. GJ 581 is a nearby M dwarf known to host a packed multiple planet system composed of two super-Earths and a Neptune-mass planet. We present new orbital analyses of the GJ 581 system, utilizing recent radial velocity (RV) data obtained from the CARMENES spectrograph combined with newly reprocessed archival data from the HARPS and HIRES spectrographs.
Aims. Our aim was to analyze the post-discovery spectroscopic data of GJ581, which were obtained with CARMENES. In addition, we used publicly available HIRES and HARPS spectroscopic data to seek evidence of the known and disputed exoplanets in this system. We aimed to investigate the stellar activity of GJ 581 and update the planetary system's orbital parameters using state-of-the-art numerical models and techniques.
Methods. We performed a periodogram analysis of the available precise CARMENES, HIRES, and HARPS RVs and of stellar activity indicators. We conducted detailed orbital analyses by testing various orbital configurations consistent with the RV data. We studied the posterior probability distribution of the parameters fit to the data and we explored the long-term stability and overall orbital dynamics of the GJ 581 system.
Results. We refined the orbital parameters of the GJ 581 system using the most precise and complete set of Doppler data available. Consistent with the existing literature, our analysis confirms that the system is unequivocally composed of only three planets detectable in the present data, dismissing the putative planet GJ 581 d as an artifact of stellar activity. Our N-body fit reveals that the system's inclination is i = 47.0–13.0+14.6 deg, which implies that the planets could be up to 30% more massive than their previously reported minimum masses. Furthermore, we report that the GJ 581 system exhibits long-term stability, as indicated by the posterior probability distribution, characterized by secular dynamical interactions without the involvement of mean motion resonances.
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© The Authors 2024
Journal keyword(s):
planetary systems - planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability - stars: low-mass
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