A circumbinary planet in orbit around the short-period white dwarf eclipsing binary RR cae

By using six newly determined mid-eclipse times together with those collected from the literature, we have found that the observed minus calculated (O-C) curve of RR Cae shows a cyclic change with a period of 11.9yr and an amplitude of 14.3 s while it undergoes an upward parabolic variation [reveali...

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Autores principales: Qian, S. B., Liu, L., Zhu, L. Y., Dai, Z. B., Fernández Lajús, Eduardo, Baume, Gustavo
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Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84385
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topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Binaries: close
Binaries: eclipsing
Planetary systems
Stars: individual: RR cae
White dwarfs
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
Binaries: close
Binaries: eclipsing
Planetary systems
Stars: individual: RR cae
White dwarfs
Qian, S. B.
Liu, L.
Zhu, L. Y.
Dai, Z. B.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo
Baume, Gustavo
A circumbinary planet in orbit around the short-period white dwarf eclipsing binary RR cae
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
Binaries: close
Binaries: eclipsing
Planetary systems
Stars: individual: RR cae
White dwarfs
description By using six newly determined mid-eclipse times together with those collected from the literature, we have found that the observed minus calculated (O-C) curve of RR Cae shows a cyclic change with a period of 11.9yr and an amplitude of 14.3 s while it undergoes an upward parabolic variation [revealing a long-term period increase at a rate of Ṗ = +4.18(±0.20) × 10 -12]. The cyclic change was analysed for the light-travel-time effect that arises from the gravitational influence of a third companion. The mass of the third body was determined to be M 3sin i'= 4.2(± 0.4)M Jup, suggesting that it is a circumbinary giant planet when its orbital inclination is larger than 17°.6. The orbital separation of the circumbinary planet from the central eclipsing binary is about 5.3(± 0.6) au. The period increase is opposite to the changes caused by angular momentum loss via magnetic braking or/and gravitational radiation; and it cannot be explained by the mass transfer between both components because of its detached configuration. These indicate that the observed upward parabolic change is only a part of a long-period (longer than 26.3yr) cyclic variation, which may reveal the presence of another giant circumbinary planet in a wide orbit.
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author Qian, S. B.
Liu, L.
Zhu, L. Y.
Dai, Z. B.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo
Baume, Gustavo
author_facet Qian, S. B.
Liu, L.
Zhu, L. Y.
Dai, Z. B.
Fernández Lajús, Eduardo
Baume, Gustavo
author_sort Qian, S. B.
title A circumbinary planet in orbit around the short-period white dwarf eclipsing binary RR cae
title_short A circumbinary planet in orbit around the short-period white dwarf eclipsing binary RR cae
title_full A circumbinary planet in orbit around the short-period white dwarf eclipsing binary RR cae
title_fullStr A circumbinary planet in orbit around the short-period white dwarf eclipsing binary RR cae
title_full_unstemmed A circumbinary planet in orbit around the short-period white dwarf eclipsing binary RR cae
title_sort circumbinary planet in orbit around the short-period white dwarf eclipsing binary rr cae
publishDate 2012
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84385
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