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Search for cool giant exoplanets around young and nearby stars. VLT/NaCo near-infrared phase-coronagraphic and differential imaging
Maire, Anne-Lise; Boccaletti, A.; Rameau, J. et al.
2014In Astronomy and Astrophysics, 566, p. 126
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Keywords :
planetary systems; instrumentation: adaptive optics; methods: observational; methods: data analysis; techniques: high angular resolution; techniques: image processing; Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract :
[en] Context. Spectral differential imaging (SDI) is part of the observing strategy of current and future high-contrast imaging instruments. It aims to reduce the stellar speckles that prevent the detection of cool planets by using in/out methane-band images. It attenuates the signature of off-axis companions to the star, such as angular differential imaging (ADI). However, this attenuation depends on the spectral properties of the low-mass companions we are searching for. The implications of this particularity on estimating the detection limits have been poorly explored so far. <BR /> Aims: We perform an imaging survey to search for cool (T[SUB]eff[/SUB]< 1000-1300 K) giant planets at separations as close as 5-10 AU. We also aim to assess the sensitivity limits in SDI data taking the photometric bias into account. This will lead to a better view of the SDI performance. <BR /> Methods: We observed a selected sample of 16 stars (age <200 Myr, distance <25 pc) with the phase-mask coronagraph, SDI, and ADI modes of VLT/NaCo. <BR /> Results: We do not detect any companions. As for the estimation of the sensitivity limits, we argue that the SDI residual noise cannot be converted into mass limits because it represents a differential flux, unlike what is done for single-band images, in which fluxes are measured. This results in degeneracies for the mass limits, which may be removed with the use of single-band constraints. We instead employ a method of directly determining the mass limits and compare the results from a combined processing SDI-ADI (ASDI) and ADI. The SDI flux ratio of a planet is the critical parameter for the ASDI performance at close-in separations (≲1''). The survey is sensitive to cool giant planets beyond 10 AU for 65% and 30 AU for 100% of the sample. <BR /> Conclusions: For close-in separations, the optimal regime for SDI corresponds to SDI flux ratios higher than ~2. According to the BT-Settl model, this translates into T[SUB]eff[/SUB] ≲ 800 K, which is significantly lower than the methane condensation temperature (~1300 K). The methods described here can be applied to the data interpretation of SPHERE. In particular, we expect better performance with the dual-band imager IRDIS, thanks to more suitable filter characteristics and better image quality. <P />Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, Chile, ESO programs 085.C-0257A, 086.C-0164A, and 088.C-0893A.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Maire, Anne-Lise ;  LUTH, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS and University Denis Diderot Paris 7, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France ; INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, 35122
Boccaletti, A.;  LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 and University Denis Diderot Paris 7, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195, Meudon, France
Rameau, J.;  IPAG, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble, France
Chauvin, G.;  IPAG, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble, France
Lagrange, A.-M.;  IPAG, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble, France
Bonnefoy, M.;  Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Desidera, S.;  INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, 35122, Padova, Italy
Sylvestre, M.;  LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 and University Denis Diderot Paris 7, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195, Meudon, France
Baudoz, P.;  LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 and University Denis Diderot Paris 7, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195, Meudon, France
Galicher, R.;  LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 and University Denis Diderot Paris 7, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195, Meudon, France
Mouillet, D.;  IPAG, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble, France)
Language :
English
Title :
Search for cool giant exoplanets around young and nearby stars. VLT/NaCo near-infrared phase-coronagraphic and differential imaging
Publication date :
01 June 2014
Journal title :
Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISSN :
0004-6361
eISSN :
1432-0746
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France
Volume :
566
Pages :
A126
Peer reviewed :
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