The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Revisiting the GJ 581 multi-planetary system with new Doppler measurements from CARMENES, HARPS, and HIRES

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Autores principales: von Stauffenberg, A., Trifonov, T., Quirrenbach, A., Reffert, S., Kaminski, A., Dreizler, S., Ribas, I., Reiners, A., Kürster, M., Twicken, J. D., Rapetti, D., Caballero, J. A., Amado, P. J., Béjar, V. J. S., Cifuentes, C., Góngora, S., Hatzes, A. P., Henning, Th., Montes, D., Morales, J. C., Schweitzer, A.
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author von Stauffenberg, A.
Trifonov, T.
Quirrenbach, A.
Reffert, S.
Kaminski, A.
Dreizler, S.
Ribas, I.
Reiners, A.
Kürster, M.
Twicken, J. D.
Rapetti, D.
Caballero, J. A.
Amado, P. J.
Béjar, V. J. S.
Cifuentes, C.
Góngora, S.
Hatzes, A. P.
Henning, Th.
Montes, D.
Morales, J. C.
Schweitzer, A.
author_facet von Stauffenberg, A.
Trifonov, T.
Quirrenbach, A.
Reffert, S.
Kaminski, A.
Dreizler, S.
Ribas, I.
Reiners, A.
Kürster, M.
Twicken, J. D.
Rapetti, D.
Caballero, J. A.
Amado, P. J.
Béjar, V. J. S.
Cifuentes, C.
Góngora, S.
Hatzes, A. P.
Henning, Th.
Montes, D.
Morales, J. C.
Schweitzer, A.
contents GJ 581 is a nearby M dwarf known to host a packed multiple planet system with 2 super-Earths and a Neptune-mass planet. We present new orbital analyses of the system, utilizing recent RV data obtained from the CARMENES spectrograph combined with newly reprocessed archival data from the HARPS and HIRES spectrographs. Our aim was to analyze the post-discovery spectroscopic data of GJ 581, 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. 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 explored the long-term stability and overall orbital dynamics of the system. We refined the orbital parameters of the system using the most precise and complete set of Doppler data available. Consistent with the existing literature, we confirm that the system is unequivocally composed of only 3 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 deg, which implies that the planets could be up to 30% more massive than their previously reported minimum masses. Furthermore, we report that the 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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spellingShingle 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.
Kürster, M.
Twicken, J. D.
Rapetti, D.
Caballero, J. A.
Amado, P. J.
Béjar, V. J. S.
Cifuentes, C.
Góngora, S.
Hatzes, A. P.
Henning, Th.
Montes, D.
Morales, J. C.
Schweitzer, A.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
GJ 581 is a nearby M dwarf known to host a packed multiple planet system with 2 super-Earths and a Neptune-mass planet. We present new orbital analyses of the system, utilizing recent RV data obtained from the CARMENES spectrograph combined with newly reprocessed archival data from the HARPS and HIRES spectrographs. Our aim was to analyze the post-discovery spectroscopic data of GJ 581, 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. 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 explored the long-term stability and overall orbital dynamics of the system. We refined the orbital parameters of the system using the most precise and complete set of Doppler data available. Consistent with the existing literature, we confirm that the system is unequivocally composed of only 3 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 deg, which implies that the planets could be up to 30% more massive than their previously reported minimum masses. Furthermore, we report that the system exhibits long-term stability, as indicated by the posterior probability distribution, characterized by secular dynamical interactions without the involvement of mean motion resonances.
title The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Revisiting the GJ 581 multi-planetary system with new Doppler measurements from CARMENES, HARPS, and HIRES
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11520