新たな研究で「二重ホット・ジュピター」の形成メカニズムを解明(New study offers a double dose of ‘hot Jupiters’)

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2025-06-18 イェール大学

イェール大学の研究チームは、連星系内で2つの恒星それぞれが「ホット・ジュピター」を形成するメカニズムを数値シミュレーションで解明した。フォン・ツェペル=リドフ=コザイ(ZLK)摂動により、惑星の軌道が傾斜・偏心し、潮汐力で軌道が縮小して高温の巨大ガス惑星が生じる。このZLK効果が両方の恒星で同時に起こると、連星系に「ダブル・ホット・ジュピター」が形成される。既知のホット・ジュピターがある連星系では、もう一方の星にも同様の惑星が存在する可能性があり、今後の観測戦略に新たな指針を与える。

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フォン・ツァイペル・リドフ・コザイ移動による二重高温木星系の形成 The Formation of Double Hot Jupiter Systems through von Zeipel–Lidov–Kozai Migration

Yurou Liu, Tiger Lu, and Malena Rice
The Astrophysical Journal  Published: 2025 June 10
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/add405

新たな研究で「二重ホット・ジュピター」の形成メカニズムを解明(New study offers a double dose of ‘hot Jupiters’)

Abstract

The von Zeipel–Lidov–Kozai (ZLK) mechanism with tidal friction has been demonstrated as a promising avenue to generate hot Jupiters in stellar binary systems. Previous population studies of hot Jupiter formation have largely examined this mechanism in systems comprised of three bodies: two stars and one planet. However, because stars in a binary system form in similar environments with comparable metallicities, the formation of a single hot Jupiter in such a system may imply that the conditions are more likely met for the companion star as well. We investigate the ZLK mechanism with tidal friction as a potential mechanism to produce double hot Jupiter systems in stellar binaries. Using N-body simulations, we characterize the evolution of two cold Jupiters, each orbiting one star in a binary system, undergoing mirrored ZLK migration. We then examine the robustness of this mechanism to asymmetries in stellar masses, planet masses, and planet orbital inclinations relative to the binary plane. We predict that, under the assumptions that (1) most hot Jupiters in binary star systems form through ZLK migration of primordially formed cold Jupiters and (2) if one star in the binary system forms a cold Jupiter, the second does as well. A comprehensive search could identify double hot Jupiters in up to ∼9% of the close- to moderate-separation (a* ≤ 2000 au) binary systems that already host a known hot Jupiter. We also argue that a blind search for ZLK-migrated double hot Jupiters should prioritize twin stellar binaries with pericenter approaches of a few hundred astronomical units.

1701物理及び化学
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