Obliquity Tides May Drive WASP-12b’s Rapid Orbital Decay
Obliquity Tides May Drive WASP-12b’s Rapid Orbital Decay
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倾斜潮汐可能会导致 WASP-12b 的快速轨道衰变
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
G. Laughlin
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作者:
S. Millholland;G. Laughlin
Recent analyses have revealed a mystery. The orbital period of the highly inflated hot Jupiter, WASP-12b, is decreasing rapidly. The rate of inspiral, however, is too fast to be explained by either eccentricity tides or equilibrium stellar tides. While dynamical stellar tides are possible, they require a subgiant structure for the star, whereas stellar models point toward a main-sequence host. Here, we show that these hitherto irreconcilable observations might be explained by planetary obliquity tides if planet b’s spin vector is trapped in a high-obliquity state maintained by a secular spin–orbit resonance with an unseen exterior perturbing planet. We derive constraints on the obliquity ( ), reduced tidal quality factor ( ), and perturbing planet parameters ( , ) required to generate the observed orbital decay. Direct N-body simulations that include tidal and spin dynamics reinforce the plausibility of the scenario. Furthermore, we show that the resonance could have been captured when planet b’s obliquity was small, making the proposed sequence of events easy to explain. The hypothetical perturbing planet is within the limits of current radial velocity constraints on the system, yet it is also detectable. If it exists, it could provide evidence in favor of the in situ formation hypothesis for hot Jupiters.
影响因子:
6.5
作者:
G. Maciejewski;Dinko Dimitrov;M. Seeliger;S. Raetz;Ł. Bukowiecki;M. Kitze;R. Errmann;Grzegorz Nowak;Andrzej Niedzielski;V. Popov;C. Marka;K. Goździewski;Ralph Neuhäuser;J. Ohlert;T. Hinse;J. W. Lee;C.‐U. Lee;Joh-Na Yoon;A. Berndt;H. Gilbert;C. Ginski;M. Hohle;M. Mugrauer;T. Roell;T. Schmidt;N. Tetzlaff;L. Mancini;J. Southworth;M. Dall’ora;S. Ciceri;R. Zambelli;G. Corfini;Hiromitsu Takahashi;K. Tachihara;J. Benkő;K. Sárneczky;Gy. M. Szabó;Gy. M. Szabó;T. Varga;M. Vaňko;Y. Joshi;Wen-Ping Chen
通讯作者:
G. Maciejewski;Dinko Dimitrov;M. Seeliger;S. Raetz;Ł. Bukowiecki;M. Kitze;R. Errmann;Grzegorz Nowak;Andrzej Niedzielski;V. Popov;C. Marka;K. Goździewski;Ralph Neuhäuser;J. Ohlert;T. Hinse;J. W. Lee;C.‐U. Lee;Joh-Na Yoon;A. Berndt;H. Gilbert;C. Ginski;M. Hohle;M. Mugrauer;T. Roell;T. Schmidt;N. Tetzlaff;L. Mancini;J. Southworth;M. Dall’ora;S. Ciceri;R. Zambelli;G. Corfini;Hiromitsu Takahashi;K. Tachihara;J. Benkő;K. Sárneczky;Gy. M. Szabó;Gy. M. Szabó;T. Varga;M. Vaňko;Y. Joshi;Wen-Ping Chen
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/727/2/125
发表时间:
2011
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
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作者:
Campo C
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Campo C