uGMRT Survey of EXoplanets Around M-dwarfs (GS-EXAM): Radio observations of GJ 1151

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Main Authors: Narang, Mayank, Puravankara, Manoj, Vedantham, H. K., Chandra, C. H. Ishwara, De, Ayanabha, Tyagi, Himanshu, Banerjee, Bihan, Nayak, Prasanta K., Surya, Arun, Shridharan, B., Pathak, Vinod C., Tripathi, Mihir
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author Narang, Mayank
Puravankara, Manoj
Vedantham, H. K.
Chandra, C. H. Ishwara
De, Ayanabha
Tyagi, Himanshu
Banerjee, Bihan
Nayak, Prasanta K.
Surya, Arun
Shridharan, B.
Pathak, Vinod C.
Tripathi, Mihir
author_facet Narang, Mayank
Puravankara, Manoj
Vedantham, H. K.
Chandra, C. H. Ishwara
De, Ayanabha
Tyagi, Himanshu
Banerjee, Bihan
Nayak, Prasanta K.
Surya, Arun
Shridharan, B.
Pathak, Vinod C.
Tripathi, Mihir
contents Coherent radio emission with properties similar to planetary auroral signals has been reported from GJ 1151, a quiescent, slow-rotating mid-M star, by the LOFAR Two-metre (120-170 MHz) Sky Survey (LoTSS). The observed {LOFAR} emission is fairly bright at 0.89 mJy with 64% circular polarization, and the emission characteristics are consistent with the interaction between an Earth-sized planet with an orbital period of 1-5 days and the magnetic field of the host star. However, no short-period planet has been detected around GJ 1151. To confirm the reported radio emission caused by the putative planet around GJ 1151 and to investigate the nature of this emission, we carried out uGMRT observations of GJ 1151 at 150, 218, and 400 MHz over 33 hours across ten epochs. No emission was detected at any frequency. While at 150 MHz and 218 MHz, non-detection could be due to the low sensitivity of our observations, at 400 MHz, the rms sensitivities achieved were sufficient to detect the emission observed with LOFAR at $\sim$ 20$σ$ level. Our findings suggest that the radio emission is highly time-variable, likely influenced by the star-planet system's phase and the host star's magnetic field. Additional observations below 170 MHz, at more frequent epochs (as the periodicity of the emission is unknown), especially during periods of high stellar magnetic field strength, are needed to confirm the emission.
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spellingShingle uGMRT Survey of EXoplanets Around M-dwarfs (GS-EXAM): Radio observations of GJ 1151
Narang, Mayank
Puravankara, Manoj
Vedantham, H. K.
Chandra, C. H. Ishwara
De, Ayanabha
Tyagi, Himanshu
Banerjee, Bihan
Nayak, Prasanta K.
Surya, Arun
Shridharan, B.
Pathak, Vinod C.
Tripathi, Mihir
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Coherent radio emission with properties similar to planetary auroral signals has been reported from GJ 1151, a quiescent, slow-rotating mid-M star, by the LOFAR Two-metre (120-170 MHz) Sky Survey (LoTSS). The observed {LOFAR} emission is fairly bright at 0.89 mJy with 64% circular polarization, and the emission characteristics are consistent with the interaction between an Earth-sized planet with an orbital period of 1-5 days and the magnetic field of the host star. However, no short-period planet has been detected around GJ 1151. To confirm the reported radio emission caused by the putative planet around GJ 1151 and to investigate the nature of this emission, we carried out uGMRT observations of GJ 1151 at 150, 218, and 400 MHz over 33 hours across ten epochs. No emission was detected at any frequency. While at 150 MHz and 218 MHz, non-detection could be due to the low sensitivity of our observations, at 400 MHz, the rms sensitivities achieved were sufficient to detect the emission observed with LOFAR at $\sim$ 20$σ$ level. Our findings suggest that the radio emission is highly time-variable, likely influenced by the star-planet system's phase and the host star's magnetic field. Additional observations below 170 MHz, at more frequent epochs (as the periodicity of the emission is unknown), especially during periods of high stellar magnetic field strength, are needed to confirm the emission.
title uGMRT Survey of EXoplanets Around M-dwarfs (GS-EXAM): Radio observations of GJ 1151
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.18507