Glancing through the debris disk: Photometric analysis of de Boo with CHEOPS
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2023
Aims. DE Boo is a unique system, with an edge-on view through the debris disk around the star. The disk, which is analogous to the Kuiper belt in the Solar System, was reported to extend from 74 to 84 AU from the central star. The high photometric precision of the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS) provided an exceptional opportunity to observe small variations in the light curve due to transiting material in the disk. This is a unique chance to investigate processes in the debris disk. Methods. Photometric observations of DE Boo of a total of four days were carried out with CHEOPS. Photometric variations due to spots on the stellar surface were subtracted from the light curves by applying a two-spot model and a fourth-order polynomial. The photometric observations were accompanied by spectroscopic measurements with the 1m RCC telescope at Piszkésteto and with the SOPHIE spectrograph in order to refine the astrophysical parameters of DE Boo. Results. We present a detailed analysis of the photometric observation of DE Boo. We report the presence of nonperiodic transient features in the residual light curves with a transit duration of 0.3-0.8 days. We calculated the maximum distance of the material responsible for these variations to be 2.47 AU from the central star, much closer than most of the mass of the debris disk. Furthermore, we report the first observation of flaring events in this system. Conclusions. We interpreted the transient features as the result of scattering in an inner debris disk around DE Boo. The processes responsible for these variations were investigated in the context of interactions between planetesimals in the system.
Methods: data analysis
Circumstellar matter
Stars: flare
Starspots
Techniques: photometric
Författare
Boldog
Research Centre For Astronomy and Earth Sciences
Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Gy M. Szabó
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
L. Kriskovics
Research Centre For Astronomy and Earth Sciences
Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia
A. Brandeker
Stockholms universitet
F. Kiefer
Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris
Observatoire de Paris
A. Bekkelien
Université de Genève
P. Guterman
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
CS20330
G. Olofsson
Stockholms universitet
A.E. Simon
Universität Bern
D. Gandolfi
Universita degli Studi di Torino
L. M. Serrano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
T. G. Wilson
University of St Andrews
S. G. Sousa
Universidade do Porto
A. L. des Etangs
Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris
Y. Alibert
Universität Bern
R. Alonso
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Universidad de la Laguna
G. Anglada
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE) - CSIC
T. Bandy
Universität Bern
T. Bárczy
Admatis
D. Barrado
Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)
S.C.C. Barros
Universidade do Porto
W. Baumjohann
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
M. Beck
Université de Genève
T. Beck
Universität Bern
W. Benz
Universität Bern
N. Billot
Université de Genève
X. Bonfils
Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG)
C. Broeg
Universität Bern
M. Buder
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
J. Cabrera
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
S. Charnoz
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
A. Collier Cameron
University of St Andrews
C. Corral Van Damme
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
Szilard Csizmadia
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
M. B. Davies
Lunds universitet
A. Deline
Université de Genève
M. Deleuil
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
L. Delrez
Universite de Liège
O. Demangeon
Universidade do Porto
B.O. Demory
Universität Bern
D. Ehrenreich
Université de Genève
Anders Erikson
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
J. Farinato
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
A. Fortier
Universität Bern
L. Fossati
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
Malcolm Fridlund
Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Astronomi och plasmafysik
Universiteit Leiden
Michaël Gillon
Universite de Liège
M. Gudel
Universität Wien
Kevin Heng
The University of Warwick
Universität Bern
S. Hoyer
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
K. Isaak
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
L.L. Kiss
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia
Research Centre For Astronomy and Earth Sciences
J. Laskar
Observatoire de Paris
M. Lendl
Université de Genève
C. Lovis
Université de Genève
D. Magrin
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
P. Maxted
Keele University
M. Mecina
Universität Wien
Valerio Nascimbeni
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
R. Ottensamer
Universität Wien
I. Pagano
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
E. Palle
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
G. Peter
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Giampaolo P. Piotto
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Università di Padova
D. Pollacco
The University of Warwick
D. Queloz
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH)
University of Cambridge
Roberto Ragazzoni
Università di Padova
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
N. Rando
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
H. Rauer
Freie Universität Berlin
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Technische Universität Berlin
I. Ribas
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE) - CSIC
N. C. Santos
Universidade do Porto
Gaetano Scandariato
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
D. Segransan
Université de Genève
A. M.S. Smith
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Manfred B. Steller
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
N. Thomas
Universität Bern
S. Udry
Université de Genève
V. Van Grootel
Universite de Liège
N. A. Walton
University of Cambridge
Astronomy and Astrophysics
0004-6361 (ISSN) 1432-0746 (eISSN)
Vol. 671 A127Ämneskategorier
Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi
Övrig annan teknik
Annan fysik
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/202245101