On the Detection of Non-transiting Hot Jupiters in Multiple-planet Systems
Abstract
We outline a photometric method for detecting the presence of a non-transiting short-period giant planet in a planetary system harboring one or more longer-period transiting planets. Within a prospective system of the type that we consider, a hot Jupiter on an interior orbit inclined to the line of sight signals its presence through approximately sinusoidal full-phase photometric variations in the stellar light curve, correlated with astrometrically induced transit timing variations for exterior transiting planets. Systems containing a hot Jupiter along with a low-mass outer planet or planets on inclined orbits are a predicted hallmark of in situ accretion for hot Jupiters, and their presence can thus be used to test planetary formation theories. We outline the prospects for detecting non-transiting hot Jupiters using photometric data from typical Kepler objects of interest (KOIs). As a demonstration of the technique, we perform a brief assessment of Kepler candidates and identify a potential non-transiting hot Jupiter in the KOI-1822 system. Candidate non-transiting hot Jupiters can be readily confirmed with a small number of Doppler velocity observations, even for stars with V ≳ 14.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- May 2016
- DOI:
- 10.3847/2041-8205/823/1/L7
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1602.05674
- Bibcode:
- 2016ApJ...823L...7M
- Keywords:
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- planets and satellites: detection;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Published in ApJL. Updated version contains a different non-transiting HJ candidate than the original