Long-term tidal evolution of the TRAPPIST-1 system

Abstract

The ultracool M-dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 is surrounded by seven planets configured in a resonant chain. Transit-timing variations have shown that the planets are caught in multiple three-body resonances and that their orbits are slightly eccentric, probably caused by resonant forcing. The current values of the eccentricities could be a remnant from their formation. Here we run numerical simulations using fictitious forces of trapping the fully-grown planets in resonances as they migrated in the gas disc, followed by numerical simulations detailing their tidal evolution. For a reduced disc scale height $h\sim 0.03$--0.05, the eccentricities of the planets upon capture in resonance are higher than their current values by factors of a few. We show that the current eccentricities and spacing of planets d to h are natural outcomes of coupled tidal evolution wherein the planets simultaneously damp their eccentricities and separate due to their resonant interaction. We further show that the planets evolve along a set of equilibrium curves in semimajor axis--eccentricity phase space that are defined by the resonances, and that conserve angular momentum. As such, the current 8:5--5:3--(3:2)${}^2$--4:3--3:2 resonant configuration cannot be reproduced from a primordial (3:2)${}^4$--4:3--3:2 resonant configuration from tidal dissipation in the planets alone. We use our simulations to constrain the long-term tidal parameters $k_2/Q$ for planets b to e, which are in the range $10^{-3}$ to $10^{-2}$, and show that these are mostly consistent with those obtained from interior modelling following reasonable assumptions.

arXiv commentAccepted in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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