radial velocity detection of planets: i. techniques
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Radial Velocity Detection of Planets: I. Techniques. Keplerian Orbits Spectrographs/Doppler shifts Precise Radial Velocity measurements. 4 p 2. (a s + a p ) 3. P 2 =. G(m s + m p ). Newton‘s form of Kepler‘s Law. V. m p. m s. a p. a s. 4 p 2. a p 3. P 2 ≈. Gm s. 4 p 2. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Radial Velocity Detection of Planets:I. Techniques
1. Keplerian Orbits
2. Spectrographs/Doppler shifts
3. Precise Radial Velocity measurements
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ap
as
V
P2 = 42 (as + ap)3
G(ms + mp)
msmp
Newton‘s form of Kepler‘s Law
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P2 = 42 (as + ap)3
G(ms + mp)
Approximations:ap » as
ms » mp
P2 ≈ 42 ap
3
Gms
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Circular orbits: V = 2as
P
Conservation of momentum: ms × as = mp × ap
as = mp ap
ms
Solve Kepler‘s law for ap:
ap = P2Gms
42( )
1/3
… and insert in expression for as and then V for circular orbits
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V = 2P(42)1/3
mp P2/3 G1/3ms1/3
V = 0.0075P1/3ms
2/3
mp = 28.4P1/3ms
2/3
mp
mp in Jupiter masses
ms in solar masses
P in years
V in m/s
28.4P1/3ms
2/3
mp sin iVobs =
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Planet Mass (MJ) V(m s–1)
Mercury 1.74 × 10–4 0.008
Venus 2.56 × 10–3 0.086
Earth 3.15 × 10–3 0.089
Mars 3.38 × 10–4 0.008
Jupiter 1.0 12.4
Saturn 0.299 2.75
Uranus 0.046 0.297
Neptune 0.054 0.281
Pluto 1.74 × 10–4 3×10–5
Radial Velocity Amplitude of Sun due to Planets in the Solar System
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Radial Velocity Amplitude of Planets at Different aR
adia
l Vel
ocity
(m
/s)
G2 V star
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Rad
ial V
eloc
ity (
m/s
)A0 V star
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M2 V star
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eccentricity
Elliptical Orbits
= OF1/a
O
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: angle between Vernal equinox and angle of ascending node direction (orientation of orbit in sky)
i: orbital inclination (unknown and cannot be determined
P: period of orbit
: orientation of periastron
e: eccentricity
M or T: Epoch
K: velocity amplitude
Important for radial velocitiesNot important for radial velocities
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Radial velocity shape as a function of eccentricity:
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Radial velocity shape as a function of , e = 0.7 :
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Eccentric orbit can sometimes escape detection:
With poor sampling this star would be considered constant
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Eccentricities of bodies in the Solar System
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Important for orbital solutions: The Mass Function
f(m) = (mp sin i)3
(mp + ms)2=
P
2G
K3(1 – e2)3/2
P = period
K = Amplitude
mp = mass of planet (companion)
ms = mass of star
e = eccentricity
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Obs
e rve
r Because you measure the radial component of the velocity you cannot be sure you are detecting a low mass object viewed almost in the orbital plane, or a high mass object viewed perpendicular to the orbital plane
We only measure MPlanet x sin i
i
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The orbital inclination
We only measure m sin i, a lower limit to the mass.
What is the average inclination?
i
The probability that a given axial orientation is proportional to the fraction of a celestrial sphere the axis can point to while maintaining the same inclination
P(i) di = 2 sin i di
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The orbital inclination
P(i) di = 2 sin i di
Mean inclination:
<sin i> =
∫ P(i) sin i di0
∫ P(i) di0
= /4 = 0.79
Mean inclination is 52 degrees and you measure 80% of the true mass
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The orbital inclination
P(i) di = 2 sin i di
But for the mass function sin3i is what is important :
<sin3 i> =
∫ P(i) sin 3 i di0
∫ P(i) di0
= ∫ sin 4 i di
0
= 3/16 = 0.59
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The orbital inclination
P(i) di = 2 sin i di
Probability i < :
P(i<) =
∫ P(i) di0
∫ P(i) di0
2(1 – cos ) =
< 10 deg : P= 0.03 (sin i = 0.17)
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Measurement of Doppler Shifts
In the non-relativistic case:
– 0
0
= vc
We measure v by measuring
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The Radial Velocity Measurement Error with Time
How did we accomplish this?
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The Answer:
1. Electronic Detectors (CCDs)
2. Large wavelength Coverage Spectrographs
3. Simultanous Wavelength Calibration (minimize instrumental effects)
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Instrumentation for Doppler Measurements
High Resolution Spectrographs with Large Wavelength Coverage
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collimator
Echelle Spectrographs
slit
camera
detector
corrector
From telescope
Cross disperser
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A spectrograph is just a camera which produces an image of the slit at the detector. The dispersing element produces images as a function of wavelength
without disperserwith disperserslit
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5000 A
4000 An = –1
5000 A
4000 An = –2
4000 A
5000 An = 2
4000 A
5000 An = 1
Most of light is in n=0
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These are the instensity distribution of the first 3 orders of a reflection grating
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3000
m=3
5000
m=2
4000 9000
m=1
6000 14000Schematic: orders separated in the vertical direction for clarity
1200 gr/mm grating
2
1
You want to observe 1 in order m=1, but light 2 at order m=2, where 1 ≠ 2 contaminates your spectra
Order blocking filters must be used
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4000
m=99
m=100
m=101 5000
5000 9000
9000 14000
Schematic: orders separated in the vertical direction for clarity
79 gr/mm grating
30002000
Need interference blocking filter but why throw away light?
In reality:
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y ∞ 2
y
m-2
m-1
m
m+2
m+3
Free Spectral Range m
Grating cross-dispersed echelle spectrographs
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On a detector we only measure x- and y- positions, there is no information about wavelength. For this we need a calibration source
y
x
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CCD detectors only give you x- and y- position. A doppler shift of spectral lines will appear as x
x →→ v
How large is x ?
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Spectral Resolution
d
1 2
Consider two monochromatic beams
They will just be resolved when they have a wavelength separation of d
Resolving power:
d = full width of half maximum of calibration lamp emission lines
R = d
← 2 detector pixels
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R = 50.000 → = 0.11 Angstroms
→ 0.055 Angstroms / pixel (2 pixel sampling) @ 5500 Ang.
1 pixel typically 15 m
1 pixel = 0.055 Ang → 0.055 x (3•108 m/s)/5500 Ang →
= 3000 m/s per pixel
= v c
v = 10 m/s = 1/300 pixel = 0.05 m = 5 x 10–6 cm
v = 1 m/s = 1/1000 pixel → 5 x 10–7 cm
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R Ang/pixel Velocity per pixel (m/s)
pixel Shift in mm
500 000 0.005 300 0.06 0.001
200 000 0.125 750 0.027 4×10–4
100 000 0.025 1500 0.0133 2×10–4
50 000 0.050 3000 0.0067 10–4
25 000 0.10 6000 0.033 5×10–5
10 000 0.25 15000 0.00133 2×10–5
5 000 0.5 30000 6.6×10–4 10–5
1 000 2.5 150000 1.3×10–4 2×10–6
So, one should use high resolution spectrographs….up to a point
For v = 20 m/s
How does the RV precision depend on the properties of your spectrograph?
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Wavelength coverage:
• Each spectral line gives a measurement of the Doppler shift
• The more lines, the more accurate the measurement:
Nlines = 1line/√Nlines → Need broad wavelength coverage
Wavelength coverage is inversely proportional to R:
detector
Low resolution
High resolution
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Noise:
Signal to noise ratio S/N = I/
I
For photon statistics: = √I → S/N = √I
I = detected photons
Note: recall that if two stars have magnitudes m1 and m2, their brightness ratio is B = 2.512(m1–m2)
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(S/N)–1
Price: S/N t2exposure
1 4Exposure factor
16 36 144 400
S/N t2exposure
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How does the radial velocity precision depend on all parameters?
(m/s) = Constant × (S/N)–1 R–3/2 ()–1/2
: errorR: spectral resolving powerS/N: signal to noise ratio : wavelength coverage of spectrograph in Angstroms
For R=110.000, S/N=150, =2000 Å, = 2 m/s
C ≈ 2.4 × 1011
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The Radial Velocity precision depends not only on the properties of the spectrograph but also on the properties of the star.
Good RV precision → cool stars of spectral type later than F6
Poor RV precision → hot stars of spectral type earlier than F6
Why?
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A7 star
K0 star
Early-type stars have few spectral lines (high effective temperatures) and high rotation rates.
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A0 A5 F0 F5
RV
Err
or (
m/s
)
G0 G5 K0 K5 M0
Spectral Type
Main Sequence Stars
Ideal for 3m class tel. Too faint (8m class tel.). Poor precision
98% of known exoplanets are found around stars with spectral types later than F6
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Including dependence on stellar parameters
v sin i : projected rotational velocity of star in km/s
f(Teff) = factor taking into account line density
f(Teff) ≈ 1 for solar type star
f(Teff) ≈ 3 for A-type star
f(Teff) ≈ 0.5 for M-type star
(m/s) ≈ Constant ×(S/N)–1 R–3/2 v sin i( 2 ) f(Teff)()–1/2
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Eliminate Instrumental Shifts
Recall that on a spectrograph we only measure a Doppler shift in x (pixels).
This has to be converted into a wavelength to get the radial velocity shift.
Instrumental shifts (shifts of the detector and/or optics) can introduce „Doppler shifts“ larger than the ones due to the stellar motion
z.B. for TLS spectrograph with R=67.000 our best RV precision is 1.8 m/s → 1.2 x 10–6 cm
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Traditional method:
Observe your star→
Then your calibration source→
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Problem: these are not taken at the same time…
... Short term shifts of the spectrograph can limit precision to several hunrdreds of m/s
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Solution 1: Observe your calibration source (Th-Ar) simultaneously to your data:
Spectrographs: CORALIE, ELODIE, HARPS
Stellar spectrum
Thorium-Argon calibration
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Advantages of simultaneous Th-Ar calibration:
• Large wavelength coverage (2000 – 3000 Å)
• Computationally simple: cross correlation
Disadvantages of simultaneous Th-Ar calibration:
• Th-Ar are active devices (need to apply a voltage)
• Lamps change with time
• Th-Ar calibration not on the same region of the detector as the stellar spectrum
• Some contamination that is difficult to model
• Cannot model the instrumental profile, therefore you have to stablize the spectrograph
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One Problem: Th-Ar lamps change with time!
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Solution 2: Absorption cell
a) Griffin and Griffin: Use the Earth‘s atmosphere:
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O2
6300 Angstroms
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Filled circles are data taken at McDonald Observatory using the telluric lines at 6300 Ang.
Example: The companion to HD 114762 using the telluric method. Best precision is 15–30 m/s
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Limitations of the telluric technique:
• Limited wavelength range (≈ 10s Angstroms)
• Pressure, temperature variations in the Earth‘s atmosphere
• Winds
• Line depths of telluric lines vary with air mass
• Cannot observe a star without telluric lines which is needed in the reduction process.
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Absorption lines of the star
Absorption lines of cell
Absorption lines of star + cell
b) Use a „controlled“ absorption cell
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Campbell & Walker: Hydrogen Fluoride cell:
Demonstrated radial velocity precision of 13 m s–1 in 1980!
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Drawbacks:• Limited wavelength range (≈ 100 Ang.) • Temperature stablized at 100 C• Long path length (1m)• Has to be refilled after every observing run• Dangerous
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A better idea: Iodine cell (first proposed by Beckers in 1979 for solar studies)
Advantages over HF:• 1000 Angstroms of coverage• Stablized at 50–75 C• Short path length (≈ 10 cm)• Can model instrumental profile• Cell is always sealed and used for >10 years• If cell breaks you will not die!
Spectrum of iodine
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Spectrum of star through Iodine cell:
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The iodine cell used at the CES spectrograph at La Silla
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Modelling the Instrumental Profile: The Advantage of Iodine
What is an instrumental profile (IP):
Consider a monochromatic beam of light (delta function)
Perfect spectrograph
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Modelling the Instrumental Profile (IP)
We do not live in a perfect world:
A real spectrograph
IP is usually a Gaussian that has a width of 2 detector pixels
The IP is a „smoothing“ or „blurring“ function caused by your instrument
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Convolution
f(u)(x–u)du = f *
f(x):
(x):
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Convolution
(x-u)
a1
a2
g(x)a3
a2
a3
a1
Convolution is a smoothing function. In our case f(x) is the stellar spectrum and (x) is our instrumental profile.
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The IP is not so much the problem as changes in the IP
No problem with this IP
Or this IP
Unless it turns into this
Shift of centroid will appear as a velocity shift
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Use a high resolution spectrum of iodine to model IP
Iodine observed with RV instrument
Iodine Observed with a Fourier Transform Spectrometer
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FTS spectrum rebinned to sampling of RV instrument
FTS spectrum convolved with calculated IP
Observed I2
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Model IP
Gaussians contributing to IP
IP = gi
Sampling in Data space
Sampling in IP space = 5×Data space sampling
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Instrumental Profile Changes in ESO‘s CES spectrograph
2 March 1994
14 Jan 1995
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Instrumental Profile Changes in ESO‘s CES spectrograph over 5 years:
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Mathematically you solve this equation:
Iobs() = k[TI2()Is( + )]*IP
Where:
Iobs() : observed spectrum
TI2 : iodine transmission function
k: normalizing factor
Is(): Deconvolved stellar spectrum without iodine and with IP removed
IP: Instrumental Point Spread Function
Problem: IP varies across the detector.
Solve this equation iteratively
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Modeling the Instrumental Profile
In each chunk:
• Remove continuum slope in data : 2 parameters
• Calculate dispersion (Å/pixel): 3 parameters (2 order polynomial: a0, a1, a2)
• Calculate IP with 5 Gaussians: 9 parameters: 5 widths, 4 amplitudes (position and widths of satellite Gaussians fixed)
• Calculate Radial Velocity: 1 parameters
• Combine with high resolution iodine spectrum and stellar spectrum without iodine
• Iterate until model spectrum fits the observed spectrum
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Sample fit to an observed chunk of data
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Sample IP from one order of a spectrum taken at TLS
But why is the IP double peaked?
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Recall that at the detector we have an image of a slit. The slit is square shape and this is convolved with a Gaussian emission line profile, in other words they should have a flat top
The modeling uses a sum of Gaussians and the only way to mimic a flat top is with two Gaussians.
The IP function is oversampled, when you rebin to 2 pixels of „real detector“
space, one no longer sees the dip in the middle and the IP is square topped.
2 detector pixels
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WITH TREATMENT OF IP-ASYMMETRIES
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HARPS
Simultaneous ThAr cannot model the IP. One has to stabilize the entire spectrograph
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Valenti, Butler, and Marcy, 1995, PASP, 107, 966, „Determining Spectrometer Instrumental Profiles Using FTS Reference Spectra“
Butler, R. P.; Marcy, G. W.; Williams, E.; McCarthy, C.; Dosanjh, P.; Vogt, S. S., 1996, PASP, 108, 500, „Attaining Doppler Precision of 3 m/s“
Endl, Kürster, Els, 2000, Astronomy and Astrophysics, “The planet search program at the ESO Coudé Echelle spectrometer. I. Data modeling technique and radial velocity precision tests“
Additional information on RV modeling:
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Barycentric Correction
Earth’s orbital motion can contribute ± 30 km/s (maximum)
Earth’s rotation can contribute ± 460 m/s (maximum)
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Needed for Correct Barycentric Corrections:• Accurate coordinates of observatory
• Distance of observatory to Earth‘s center (altitude)
• Accurate position of stars, including proper motion:
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Worst case Scenario: Barnard‘s star
Most programs use the JPL Ephemeris which provides barycentric corrections to a few cm/s
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For highest precision an exposure meter is required
time
Photons from star
Mid-point of exposure
No clouds
time
Photons from star
Centroid of intensity w/clouds
Clouds
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Differential Earth Velocity:
Causes „smearing“ of spectral lines
Keep exposure times < 20-30 min