Two circumbinary planets in RR Cae eclipsing binary system [EPA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2109.09397


We present the binary model and the eclipse timing variations of an eclipsing binary RR Cae, which consists of a white dwarf eclipsed by an M-type dwarf companion. The multiwavelength optical photometry from the 0.7-m Thai Robotic Telescope at Spring Brook Observatory, the 0.6-m PROMPT-8 telescope and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), combining with archive H-alpha radial velocities from the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The TESS light curves show a large spot which might be caused by the temperature variation of the M-dwarf companion. Using 430 new time of minima, the O-C curve shows two cyclic variations with amplitude of $12\pm1$ s and $20\pm5$ s, respectively. The periodic variations can be caused from the gravitational influence of the third and the fourth companions in the system. The mass of RR Cae b is revised to be $M_{3}\sin{i_3}$ = $3.0\pm0.3$ M${\text{Jup}}$ orbiting around the binary with a period of $15.0\pm0.5$ yr. The fourth companion is a newly found planet orbiting a star with a period of $39\pm5$ yr. The second planet is a Jupiter mass planet $M{4}\sin{i_4}$ = $2.7\pm0.7$ M$_{\text{Jup}}$.

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R. Rattanamala, S. Awiphan, S. Komonjinda, et. al.
Tue, 21 Sep 21
71/85

Comments: 17 pages, 13 figures, 8 tables