2025A&A...704A.307D


Query : 2025A&A...704A.307D

2025A&A...704A.307D - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 704A307 (2025/12-1)

Searching for close-in planets around TWA 7 with SPIRou.

DONATI J.-F., CRISTOFARI P.I., MOUTOU C., LAVAIL A., BOUVIER J., ALENCAR S.H.P., PETIT P., CARMONA A., DELFOSSE X. (The SPIRou science Team)

Abstract (from CDS):

We outline in this paper observations of the young pre-main-sequence low-mass star TWA 7 hosting a debris disk and a distant planet. Using data collected with the near-infrared SPIRou spectropolarimeter and precision velocimeter at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope from early 2019 to mid 2021, we detected the magnetic field of TWA 7 from the circularly polarized Zeeman signatures and Zeeman broadening of atomic spectral lines and the rotational modulation of its longitudinal component at the known stellar rotation period (of 5.012 ± 0.007 d). We then modeled the large-scale and small-scale magnetic properties of TWA 7 using Zeeman-Doppler imaging. We find that TWA 7 hosted a mainly poloidal field that significantly evolved from 2019 to 2021 and that the dipole component became stronger (increasing from 0.5 kG in 2019 to 0.7 kG in 2021) and less inclined to the stellar rotation axis (from 22° in 2019 to 15° in 2021). We also analyzed the radial velocities of TWA 7 derived from the SPIRou data and found a tentative planet signature at a period of 15.2 d (with aliases at 20.8 and 30.4 d), which is very close to the detection limit of our data and would correspond to a 0.17 M♃ planet at a distance of 0.09 au if confirmed. Finally, we report that the 1083 nm He I and 1282 nm Paβ lines of TWA 7 are modulated with a period of 6.6 d, different from the rotation period. This potentially hints at the presence of a close-in planet triggering star-planet interactions.

Abstract Copyright: © The Authors 2025

Journal keyword(s): techniques: polarimetric - stars: low-mass - stars: magnetic field - planetary systems - stars: individual: TWA7 - stars: pre-main sequence

Simbad objects: 7

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Number of rows : 7
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 V* V1298 Tau TT* 04 05 19.5909996648 +20 09 25.563233736   11.11 10.12 9.57   K1 194 0
2 IRAS 04125+2902 TT* 04 15 42.7871248704 +29 09 59.832447840 19.191 17.442 15.487 13.954 12.418 M0 70 0
3 V* CE Ant TT* 10 42 30.1018928760 -33 40 16.229805204   12.21 10.91   9.10 M2Ve 252 1
4 V* TW Hya TT* 11 01 51.9053285064 -34 42 17.033218380   11.94 10.50 10.626 9.18 K6Ve 2144 1
5 NAME TW Hya Association As* 11 01.9 -34 42           ~ 1018 0
6 CD-40 8434 TT* 14 08 10.1545500744 -41 23 52.573291080   13.42 12.18 11.71 10.506 K7IVe 546 0
7 HD 197481 BY* 20 45 09.5324974119 -31 20 27.237889841   10.05 8.627 9.078 6.593 M1VeBa1 1344 0

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