BEBOP III. Observations and an independent mass measurement of Kepler-16 (AB) b – the first circumbinary planet detected with radial velocities
Abstract
The radial velocity method is amongst the most robust and most established means of detecting exoplanets. Yet, it has so far failed to detect circumbinary planets despite their relatively high occurrence rates. Here, we report velocimetric measurements of Kepler-16A, obtained with the SOPHIE spectrograph, at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence’s 193cm telescope, collected during the BEBOP survey for circumbinary planets. Our measurements mark the first radial velocity detection of a circumbinary planet, independently determining the mass of Kepler-16 (AB) b to be 0.313 ± 0.039 MJup, a value in agreement with eclipse timing variations. Our observations demonstrate the capability to achieve photon-noise precision and accuracy on single-lined binaries, with our final precision reaching 1.5 ms−11.5 ms−1 on the binary and planetary signals. Our analysis paves the way for more circumbinary planet detections using radial velocities which will increase the relatively small sample of currently known systems to statistically relevant numbers, using a method that also provides weaker detection biases. Our data also contain a long-term radial velocity signal, which we associate with the magnetic cycle of the primary star.
Citation
Triaud , A H M J , Standing , M R , Heidari , N , Martin , D V , Boisse , I , Santerne , A , Correia , A C M , Acuña , L , Battley , M , Bonfils , X , Carmona , A , Cameron , A C , Cortés-Zuleta , P , Dransfield , G , Dalal , S , Deleuil , M , Delfosse , X , Faria , J , Forveille , T , Hara , N C , Hébrard , G , Hoyer , S , Kiefer , F , Kunovac , V , Maxted , P F L , Martioli , E , Miller , N J , Nelson , R P , Poveda , M , Rein , H , Sairam , L , Udry , S & Willett , E 2022 , ' BEBOP III. Observations and an independent mass measurement of Kepler-16 (AB) b – the first circumbinary planet detected with radial velocities ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 511 , no. 3 , stab3712 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3712
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Status
Peer reviewed
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0035-8711Type
Journal article
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Funding: ACC acknowledges support from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) consolidated grant number ST/R000824/1.Collections
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