Circumbinary planets orbiting the rapidly pulsating subdwarf B-type binary Ny Vir

We report here the tentative discovery of a Jovian planet in orbit around the rapidly pulsating subdwarf B-type (sdB-type) eclipsing binary NY Vir. By using newly determined eclipse times together with those collected from the literature, we detect that the observed-calculated (O - C) curve of NY Vi...

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Autores principales: Qian, S. B., Zhu, L. Y., Dai, Z. B., Fernández Lajús, Eduardo, Xiang, F. Y., He, J. J.
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Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84295
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topic Ciencias Astronómicas
binaries: close
binaries: eclipsing
planetary systems
stars: individual (NY Vir)
subdwarfs
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
binaries: close
binaries: eclipsing
planetary systems
stars: individual (NY Vir)
subdwarfs
Qian, S. B.
Zhu, L. Y.
Dai, Z. B.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo
Xiang, F. Y.
He, J. J.
Circumbinary planets orbiting the rapidly pulsating subdwarf B-type binary Ny Vir
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
binaries: close
binaries: eclipsing
planetary systems
stars: individual (NY Vir)
subdwarfs
description We report here the tentative discovery of a Jovian planet in orbit around the rapidly pulsating subdwarf B-type (sdB-type) eclipsing binary NY Vir. By using newly determined eclipse times together with those collected from the literature, we detect that the observed-calculated (O - C) curve of NY Vir shows a small-amplitude cyclic variation with a period of 7.9yr and a semiamplitude of 6.1s, while it undergoes a downward parabolic change (revealing a period decrease at a rate of ). The periodic variation was analyzed for the light-travel-time effect via the presence of a third body. The mass of the tertiary companion was determined to be M 3sin i′ = 2.3( 0.3)M Jupiter when a total mass of 0.60 M ⊙ for NY Vir is adopted. This suggests that it is most probably a giant circumbinary planet orbiting NY Vir at a distance of about 3.3 astronomical units (AU). Since the rate of period decrease cannot be explained by true angular momentum loss caused by gravitational radiation or/and magnetic braking, the observed downward parabolic change in the O - C diagram may be only a part of a long-period (longer than 15years) cyclic variation, which may reveal the presence of another Jovian planet (2.5 M Jupiter) in the system.
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author Qian, S. B.
Zhu, L. Y.
Dai, Z. B.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo
Xiang, F. Y.
He, J. J.
author_facet Qian, S. B.
Zhu, L. Y.
Dai, Z. B.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo
Xiang, F. Y.
He, J. J.
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title Circumbinary planets orbiting the rapidly pulsating subdwarf B-type binary Ny Vir
title_short Circumbinary planets orbiting the rapidly pulsating subdwarf B-type binary Ny Vir
title_full Circumbinary planets orbiting the rapidly pulsating subdwarf B-type binary Ny Vir
title_fullStr Circumbinary planets orbiting the rapidly pulsating subdwarf B-type binary Ny Vir
title_full_unstemmed Circumbinary planets orbiting the rapidly pulsating subdwarf B-type binary Ny Vir
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