Short-term stability of particles in the WD J0914+1914 white dwarf planetary system

• Autores: Zotos, Euaggelos E.; Veras, Dimitri; Saeed, Tareq; Darriba, Luciano Ariel
• Año de publicación: 2020
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability; planet-star interactions: protoplanetary discs
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Nearly all known white dwarf planetary systems contain detectable rocky debris in the stellar photosphere. A glaring exception is the young and still evolving white dwarf WD J0914+1914, which instead harbours a giant planet and a disc of pure gas. The stability boundaries of this disc and the future prospects for this white dwarf to be polluted with rocks depend upon the mass and orbit of the planet, which are only weakly constrained. Here, we combine an ensemble of plausible planet orbits and masses to determine where observers should currently expect to find the outer boundary of the gas disc. We do so by performing a sweep of the entire plausible phase space with short-term numerical integrations. We also demonstrate that particle-star collisional trajectories, which would lead to the (unseen) signature of rocky metal pollution, occupy only a small fraction of the phasespace, mostly limited to particle eccentricities above 0.75. Our analysis reveals that a highly inflated planet on a near-circular orbit is the type of planet which is most consistent with the current observations.
Fil: Zotos, Euaggelos E.. Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki; Grecia
Fil: Veras, Dimitri. Centre For Exoplanets And Habitability, U. Of Warwick; Reino Unido
Fil: Saeed, Tareq. Faculty Of Science, King Abdulaziz University; Arabia Saudita
Fil: Darriba, Luciano Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina