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Searching for sub-stellar companion into the LkCa15 proto-planetary disk

dc.contributor.authorBONAVITA, M.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble [LAOG]
dc.contributor.authorCHAUVIN, G.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique [LESIA]
dc.contributor.authorBOCCALETTI, A.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble [LAOG]
dc.contributor.authorPIETU, V.
hal.structure.identifierNASA Ames Research Center [ARC]
dc.contributor.authorBAUDOZ, P.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble [LAOG]
dc.contributor.authorBEUZIT, J. L.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble [LAOG]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
hal.structure.identifierObservatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
hal.structure.identifierUniversité Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 [UB]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
dc.contributor.authorDUTREY, Anne
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
hal.structure.identifierObservatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
hal.structure.identifierUniversité Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 [UB]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
dc.contributor.authorGUILLOTEAU, S.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble [LAOG]
dc.contributor.authorLAGRANGE, A. M.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble [LAOG]
dc.contributor.authorMOUILLET, D.
hal.structure.identifierPolitecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin [Polito]
dc.contributor.authorNICCOLINI, G.
dc.date.created2010-04-20
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
dc.description.abstractEnRecent sub-millimetric observations at the Plateau de Bure interferometer evidenced a cavity at ~ 46 AU in radius into the proto-planetary disk around the T Tauri star LkCa15 (V1079 Tau), located in the Taurus molecular cloud. Additional Spitzer observations have corroborated this result possibly explained by the presence of a massive (>= 5 MJup) planetary mass, a brown dwarf or a low mass star companion at about 30 AU from the star. We used the most recent developments of high angular resolution and high contrast imaging to search directly for the existence of this putative companion, and to bring new constraints on its physical and orbital properties. The NACO adaptive optics instrument at VLT was used to observe LkCa15 using a four quadrant phase mask coronagraph to access small angular separations at relatively high contrast. A reference star at the same parallactic angle was carefully observed to optimize the quasi-static speckles subtraction (limiting our sensitivity at less than 1.0). Although we do not report any positive detection of a faint companion that would be responsible for the observed gap in LkCa15's disk (25-30 AU), our detection limits start constraining its probable mass, semi-major axis and eccentricity. Using evolutionary model predictions, Monte Carlo simulations exclude the presence of low eccentric companions with masses M >= 6 M Jup and orbiting at a >= 100 AU with significant level of confidence. For closer orbits, brown dwarf companions can be rejected with a detection probability of 90% down to 80 AU (at 80% down to 60 AU). Our detection limits do not access the star environment close enough to fully exclude the presence of a brown dwarf or a massive planet within the disk inner activity (i.e at less than 30 AU). Only, further and higher contrast observations should unveil the existence of this putative companion inside the LkCa15 disk.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEDP Sciences
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
dc.subject.enEarth and Planetary Astrophysics
dc.subject.enSolar and Stellar Astrophysics
dc.subject.enAstrophysics
dc.title.enSearching for sub-stellar companion into the LkCa15 proto-planetary disk
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/200913292
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Astrophysique stellaire et solaire [astro-ph.SR]
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Astrophysique stellaire et solaire [astro-ph.SR]
dc.identifier.arxiv1004.3487
bordeaux.journalAstronomy and Astrophysics - A&A
bordeaux.pageid.A2
bordeaux.volume522
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-00495979
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-00495979v1
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