Affiliation:
1. Department of Physics, Technion, Haifa, 3200003, Israel
Abstract
ABSTRACT
We follow the evolution of four observed exoplanets to the time when the respective parent star of each planet evolves off the main sequence and engulfs its planet to start a common envelope evolution (CEE), concluding that in each case this process powers an intermediate luminosity optical transient (ILOT; luminous red nova). We characterize the final thousands of days of the orbital decay towards a CEE and determine the properties of the star at the onset of the CEE. We scale the properties of the ILOT V1309 Scorpii to the properties of a planet that enters a CEE inside a star on and near the Hertzsprung gap to estimate the duration and luminosity of the expected ILOT. Based on these, we estimate that for a planet of Jupiter mass the ILOT will last for several days and reach a luminosity of several thousand solar luminosity. This type of ILOTs are less luminous than classical novae. Because of the small amount of expected dust and the small amount of energy that an accretion process on to the planet can release, such ILOTs can teach us on the merger at the onset of CEE of stellar companions. Our study adds to the variety of ILOTs that planets can power as they interact with a more massive companion.
Funder
Israel Science Foundation
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
Cited by
4 articles.
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