The near-infrared spectral energy distribution of β Pictoris b

Abstract

A gas giant planet has previously been directly seen orbiting at 8-10 AU within the debris disk of the ~12 Myr old star β Pictoris. The β Pictoris system offers the rare opportunity to study the physical and atmospheric properties of an exoplanet placed on a wide orbit and to establish its formation scenario. We obtained J (1.265 μm), H (1.66 μm), and M' (4.78 μm) band angular differential imaging of the system between 2011 and 2012. We detect the planetary companion in our four-epoch observations. We estimate J = 14.0 +- 0.3, H = 13.5 +- 0.2, and M' = 11.0 +- 0.3 mag. Our new astrometry consolidates previous semi-major axis (sma=8-10 AU) and excentricity (e <= 0.15) estimates of the planet. These constraints, and those derived from radial velocities of the star provides independent upper limits on the mass of β Pictoris b of 12 and 15.5 MJup for semi-major axis of 9 and 10 AU. The location of β Pictoris b in color-magnitude diagrams suggests it has spectroscopic properties similar to L0-L4 dwarfs. This enables to derive Log10(L/Lsun) = -3.87 +- 0.08 for the companion. The analysis with 7 PHOENIX-based atmospheric models reveals the planet has a dusty atmosphere with Teff = 1700 +- 100 K and log g = 4.0+- 0.5. "Hot-start" evolutionary models give a new mass of 10+3-2 MJup from Teff and 9+3-2 MJup from luminosity. Predictions of "cold-start" models are inconsistent with independent constraints on the planet mass. "Warm-start" models constrain the mass to M >= 6MJup and the initial entropies to values (Sinit >= 9.3Kb/baryon), intermediate between those considered for cold/hot-start models, but likely closer to those of hot-start models.

19 pages, accepted in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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