The hot Jupiter of the magnetically active weak-line T Tauri star V830 Tau

MaTYSSE Collaboration, J.-F. Donati (Lead / Corresponding author), L. Yu, C. Moutou, A. C. Cameron, L. Malo, K. Grankin, E. Hébrard, G. A. J. Hussain, A. A. Vidotto, S. H. P. Alencar, R. D. Haywood, J. Bouvier, P. Petit, M. Takami, G. J. Herczeg, S. G. Gregory, M. M. Jardine, J. Morin

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Abstract

We report results of an extended spectropolarimetric and photometric monitoring of the weak-line T Tauri star V830 Tau and its recently detected newborn close-in giant planet. Our observations, carried out within the MaTYSSE (Magnetic Topologies of Young Stars and the Survival of close-in giant Exoplanets) programme, were spread over 91 d, and involved the ESPaDOnS and Narval spectropolarimeters linked to the 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii, the 2-m Bernard Lyot, and the 8-m Gemini-North Telescopes. Using Zeeman-Doppler Imaging, we characterize the surface brightness distributions, magnetic topologies, and surface differential rotation of V830 Tau at the time of our observations, and demonstrate that both distributions evolve with time beyond what is expected from differential rotation. We also report that near the end of our observations, V830 Tau triggered one major flare and two weaker precursors, showing up as enhanced redshifted emission in multiple spectral activity proxies. With three different filtering techniques, we model the radial velocity (RV) activity jitter (of semi-amplitude 1.2 km s-1) that V830 Tau generates, successfully retrieve the 68 ± 11 m s-1 RV planet signal hiding behind the jitter, further confirm the existence of V830 Tau b, and better characterize its orbital parameters. We find that the method based on Gaussian-process regression performs best thanks to its higher ability at modelling not only the activity jitter, but also its temporal evolution over the course of our observations, and succeeds at reproducing our RV data down to an rms precision of 35 m s-1. Our result provides new observational constraints on scenarios of star/planet formation and demonstrates the scientific potential of large-scale searches for close-in giant planets around T Tauri stars....
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3343-3360
Number of pages18
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume465
Issue number3
Early online date10 Nov 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2017

Keywords

  • techniques: polarimetric
  • stars: formation
  • stars: imaging
  • stars: individual: V830 Tau
  • stars: magnetic field
  • planetary systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

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