Imaging detection of the inner dust belt and the four exoplanets in the HR8799 system with JWST's MIRI coronagraph
arxiv(2023)
摘要
The multi planet system HR8799 is the first target observed with MIRI's
coronagraphs as part of the MIRI-EC Guaranteed Time Observations exoplanets
programme in Nov. 2022. We obtained deep observations in three coronagraphic
filters from 10 to 15mic (F1065C, F1140C, F1550C), and one standard imaging
filter at 20 mic (F2100W), with the goal to extract the photometry of the four
planets, as well as to detect and investigate the distribution of circumstellar
dust. Using dedicated observations of a reference star, we tested several
algorithms to subtract the stellar diffraction pattern while preserving the
fluxes of planets, which can be significantly affected by over-subtraction.
Measuring correctly the planet's flux values requires accounting for the
attenuation by the coronagraphs as a function of their position, and to
estimate the normalisation with respect to the central star. We tested several
procedures to derive averaged photometric values and error bars. These
observations have enabled us to obtain two main results. First of all, the four
planets in the system are well recovered, and their mid-IR fluxes, combined
with near-IR flux values from the literature, are compared to two exoplanet
atmosphere models, ATMO and Exo-REM. As a main outcome, the MIRI photometric
data points imply larger radii (0.86 or 1.07 RJ for planet b) and cooler
temperatures (950 or 1100 K for planet b), especially for planet b, in better
agreement with evolutionary models. Second of all, these JWST/MIRI
coronagraphic data also deliver the first spatially resolved detection of the
inner warm debris disk, the radius of which is constrained to about 15 au, with
flux densities comparable, but lower than former unresolved spectroscopic
measurements with Spitzer. abridged...
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miri coronagraph,inner dust belt,exoplanets,hr8799 system
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