The Gliese 86 Binary System: A Warm Jupiter Formed in a Disk Truncated at $\approx$2 AU

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Main Authors: Zeng, Yunlin, Brandt, Timothy D., Li, Gongjie, Dupuy, Trent J., Li, Yiting, Brandt, G. Mirek, Farihi, Jay, Horner, Jonathan, Wittenmyer, Robert A., Butler, R. Paul., Tinney, Christopher G., Carter, Bradley D., Wright, Duncan J., Jones, Hugh R. A., O'Toole, Simon J.
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author Zeng, Yunlin
Brandt, Timothy D.
Li, Gongjie
Dupuy, Trent J.
Li, Yiting
Brandt, G. Mirek
Farihi, Jay
Horner, Jonathan
Wittenmyer, Robert A.
Butler, R. Paul.
Tinney, Christopher G.
Carter, Bradley D.
Wright, Duncan J.
Jones, Hugh R. A.
O'Toole, Simon J.
author_facet Zeng, Yunlin
Brandt, Timothy D.
Li, Gongjie
Dupuy, Trent J.
Li, Yiting
Brandt, G. Mirek
Farihi, Jay
Horner, Jonathan
Wittenmyer, Robert A.
Butler, R. Paul.
Tinney, Christopher G.
Carter, Bradley D.
Wright, Duncan J.
Jones, Hugh R. A.
O'Toole, Simon J.
contents Gliese 86 is a nearby K dwarf hosting a giant planet on a $\approx$16-day orbit and an outer white dwarf companion on a $\approx$century-long orbit. In this study we combine radial velocity data (including new measurements spanning more than a decade) with high angular resolution imaging and absolute astrometry from Hipparcos and Gaia to measure the current orbits and masses of both companions. We then simulate the evolution of the Gl 86 system to constrain its primordial orbit when both stars were on the main sequence; the closest approach between the two stars was then about $9\,$AU. Such a close separation limited the size of the protoplanetary disk of Gl 86 A and dynamically hindered the formation of the giant planet around it. Our measurements of Gl 86 B and Gl 86 Ab's orbits reveal Gl 86 as a system in which giant planet formation took place in a disk truncated at $\approx$2$\,$AU. Such a disk would be just big enough to harbor the dust mass and total mass needed to assemble Gl 86 Ab's core and envelope, assuming a high disk accretion rate and a low viscosity. Inefficient accretion of the disk onto Gl 86 Ab, however, would require a disk massive enough to approach the Toomre stability limit at its outer truncation radius. The orbital architecture of the Gl 86 system shows that giant planets can form even in severely truncated disks and provides an important benchmark for planet formation theory.
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spellingShingle The Gliese 86 Binary System: A Warm Jupiter Formed in a Disk Truncated at $\approx$2 AU
Zeng, Yunlin
Brandt, Timothy D.
Li, Gongjie
Dupuy, Trent J.
Li, Yiting
Brandt, G. Mirek
Farihi, Jay
Horner, Jonathan
Wittenmyer, Robert A.
Butler, R. Paul.
Tinney, Christopher G.
Carter, Bradley D.
Wright, Duncan J.
Jones, Hugh R. A.
O'Toole, Simon J.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Gliese 86 is a nearby K dwarf hosting a giant planet on a $\approx$16-day orbit and an outer white dwarf companion on a $\approx$century-long orbit. In this study we combine radial velocity data (including new measurements spanning more than a decade) with high angular resolution imaging and absolute astrometry from Hipparcos and Gaia to measure the current orbits and masses of both companions. We then simulate the evolution of the Gl 86 system to constrain its primordial orbit when both stars were on the main sequence; the closest approach between the two stars was then about $9\,$AU. Such a close separation limited the size of the protoplanetary disk of Gl 86 A and dynamically hindered the formation of the giant planet around it. Our measurements of Gl 86 B and Gl 86 Ab's orbits reveal Gl 86 as a system in which giant planet formation took place in a disk truncated at $\approx$2$\,$AU. Such a disk would be just big enough to harbor the dust mass and total mass needed to assemble Gl 86 Ab's core and envelope, assuming a high disk accretion rate and a low viscosity. Inefficient accretion of the disk onto Gl 86 Ab, however, would require a disk massive enough to approach the Toomre stability limit at its outer truncation radius. The orbital architecture of the Gl 86 system shows that giant planets can form even in severely truncated disks and provides an important benchmark for planet formation theory.
title The Gliese 86 Binary System: A Warm Jupiter Formed in a Disk Truncated at $\approx$2 AU
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.06394