%0 Generic %1 christian2022possible %A Christian, Sam %A Vanderburg, Andrew %A Becker, Juliette %A Yahalomi, Daniel A. %A Pearce, Logan %A Zhou, George %A Collins, Karen A. %A Kraus, Adam L. %A Stassun, Keivan G. %A de Beurs, Zoe %A Ricker, George R. %A Vanderspek, Roland K. %A Latham, David W. %A Winn, Joshua N. %A Seager, S. %A Jenkins, Jon M. %A Abe, Lyu %A Agabi, Karim %A Amado, Pedro J. %A Baker, David %A Barkaoui, Khalid %A Benkhaldoun, Zouhair %A Benni, Paul %A Berberian, John %A Berlind, Perry %A Bieryla, Allyson %A Esparza-Borges, Emma %A Bowen, Michael %A Brown, Peyton %A Buchhave, Lars A. %A Burke, Christopher J. %A Buttu, Marco %A Cadieux, Charles %A Caldwell, Douglas A. %A Charbonneau, David %A Chazov, Nikita %A Chimaladinne, Sudhish %A Collins, Kevin I. %A Combs, Deven %A Conti, Dennis M. %A Crouzet, Nicolas %A de Leon, Jerome P. %A Deljookorani, Shila %A Diamond, Brendan %A Doyon, René %A Dragomir, Diana %A Dransfield, Georgina %A Essack, Zahra %A Evans, Phil %A Fukui, Akihiko %A Gan, Tianjun %A Esquerdo, Gilbert A. %A Gillon, Michaël %A Girardin, Eric %A Guerra, Pere %A Guillot, Tristan %A Habich, Eleanor Kate K. %A Henriksen, Andreea %A Hoch, Nora %A Isogai, Keisuke I %A Jehin, Emmanuël %A Jensen, Eric L. N. %A Johnson, Marshall C. %A Livingston, John H. %A Kielkopf, John F. %A Kim, Kingsley %A Kawauchi, Kiyoe %A Krushinsky, Vadim %A Kunzle, Veronica %A Laloum, Didier %A Leger, Dominic %A Lewin, Pablo %A Mallia, Franco %A Massey, Bob %A Mori, Mayuko %A McLeod, Kim K. %A Mékarnia, Djamel %A Mireles, Ismael %A Mishevskiy, Nikolay %A Tamura, Motohide %A Murgas, Felipe %A Narita, Norio %A Naves, Ramon %A Nelson, Peter %A Osborn, Hugh P. %A Palle, Enric %A Parviainen, Hannu %A Plavchan, Peter %A Pozuelos, Francisco J. %A Rabus, Markus %A Relles, Howard M. %A López, Cristina Rodríguez %A Quinn, Samuel N. %A Schmider, Francois-Xavier %A Schlieder, Joshua E. %A Schwarz, Richard P. %A Shporer, Avi %A Sibbald, Laurie %A Srdoc, Gregor %A Stibbards, Caitlin %A Stickler, Hannah %A Suarez, Olga %A Stockdale, Chris %A Tan, Thiam-Guan %A Terada, Yuka %A Triaud, Amaury %A Tronsgaard, Rene %A Waalkes, William C. %A Wang, Gavin %A Watanabe, Noriharu %A Wenceslas, Marie-Sainte %A Wingham, Geof %A Wittrock, Justin %A Ziegler, Carl %D 2022 %K exoplanet multiplicity %T A Possible Alignment Between the Orbits of Planetary Systems and their Visual Binary Companions %U http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.00042 %X Astronomers do not have a complete picture of the effects of wide-binary companions (semimajor axes greater than 100 AU) on the formation and evolution of exoplanets. We investigate these effects using new data from Gaia EDR3 and the TESS mission to characterize wide-binary systems with transiting exoplanets. We identify a sample of 67 systems of transiting exoplanet candidates (with well-determined, edge-on orbital inclinations) that reside in wide visual binary systems. We derive limits on orbital parameters for the wide-binary systems and measure the minimum difference in orbital inclination between the binary and planet orbits. We determine that there is statistically significant difference in the inclination distribution of wide-binary systems with transiting planets compared to a control sample, with the probability that the two distributions are the same being 0.0037. This implies that there is an overabundance of planets in binary systems whose orbits are aligned with those of the binary. The overabundance of aligned systems appears to primarily have semimajor axes less than 700 AU. We investigate some effects that could cause the alignment and conclude that a torque caused by a misaligned binary companion on the protoplanetary disk is the most promising explanation.

@misc{christian2022possible, abstract = {Astronomers do not have a complete picture of the effects of wide-binary companions (semimajor axes greater than 100 AU) on the formation and evolution of exoplanets. We investigate these effects using new data from Gaia EDR3 and the TESS mission to characterize wide-binary systems with transiting exoplanets. We identify a sample of 67 systems of transiting exoplanet candidates (with well-determined, edge-on orbital inclinations) that reside in wide visual binary systems. We derive limits on orbital parameters for the wide-binary systems and measure the minimum difference in orbital inclination between the binary and planet orbits. We determine that there is statistically significant difference in the inclination distribution of wide-binary systems with transiting planets compared to a control sample, with the probability that the two distributions are the same being 0.0037. This implies that there is an overabundance of planets in binary systems whose orbits are aligned with those of the binary. The overabundance of aligned systems appears to primarily have semimajor axes less than 700 AU. We investigate some effects that could cause the alignment and conclude that a torque caused by a misaligned binary companion on the protoplanetary disk is the most promising explanation.}, added-at = {2022-02-03T04:14:50.000+0100}, author = {Christian, Sam and Vanderburg, Andrew and Becker, Juliette and Yahalomi, Daniel A. and Pearce, Logan and Zhou, George and Collins, Karen A. and Kraus, Adam L. and Stassun, Keivan G. and de Beurs, Zoe and Ricker, George R. and Vanderspek, Roland K. and Latham, David W. and Winn, Joshua N. and Seager, S. and Jenkins, Jon M. and Abe, Lyu and Agabi, Karim and Amado, Pedro J. and Baker, David and Barkaoui, Khalid and Benkhaldoun, Zouhair and Benni, Paul and Berberian, John and Berlind, Perry and Bieryla, Allyson and Esparza-Borges, Emma and Bowen, Michael and Brown, Peyton and Buchhave, Lars A. and Burke, Christopher J. and Buttu, Marco and Cadieux, Charles and Caldwell, Douglas A. and Charbonneau, David and Chazov, Nikita and Chimaladinne, Sudhish and Collins, Kevin I. and Combs, Deven and Conti, Dennis M. and Crouzet, Nicolas and de Leon, Jerome P. and Deljookorani, Shila and Diamond, Brendan and Doyon, René and Dragomir, Diana and Dransfield, Georgina and Essack, Zahra and Evans, Phil and Fukui, Akihiko and Gan, Tianjun and Esquerdo, Gilbert A. and Gillon, Michaël and Girardin, Eric and Guerra, Pere and Guillot, Tristan and Habich, Eleanor Kate K. and Henriksen, Andreea and Hoch, Nora and Isogai, Keisuke I and Jehin, Emmanuël and Jensen, Eric L. N. and Johnson, Marshall C. and Livingston, John H. and Kielkopf, John F. and Kim, Kingsley and Kawauchi, Kiyoe and Krushinsky, Vadim and Kunzle, Veronica and Laloum, Didier and Leger, Dominic and Lewin, Pablo and Mallia, Franco and Massey, Bob and Mori, Mayuko and McLeod, Kim K. and Mékarnia, Djamel and Mireles, Ismael and Mishevskiy, Nikolay and Tamura, Motohide and Murgas, Felipe and Narita, Norio and Naves, Ramon and Nelson, Peter and Osborn, Hugh P. and Palle, Enric and Parviainen, Hannu and Plavchan, Peter and Pozuelos, Francisco J. and Rabus, Markus and Relles, Howard M. and López, Cristina Rodríguez and Quinn, Samuel N. and Schmider, Francois-Xavier and Schlieder, Joshua E. and Schwarz, Richard P. and Shporer, Avi and Sibbald, Laurie and Srdoc, Gregor and Stibbards, Caitlin and Stickler, Hannah and Suarez, Olga and Stockdale, Chris and Tan, Thiam-Guan and Terada, Yuka and Triaud, Amaury and Tronsgaard, Rene and Waalkes, William C. and Wang, Gavin and Watanabe, Noriharu and Wenceslas, Marie-Sainte and Wingham, Geof and Wittrock, Justin and Ziegler, Carl}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/251bfc3a39b4d74c062236f0e7781b817/superjenwinters}, description = {A Possible Alignment Between the Orbits of Planetary Systems and their Visual Binary Companions}, interhash = {05bf04cd4e204e64f2b52afb820e7e86}, intrahash = {51bfc3a39b4d74c062236f0e7781b817}, keywords = {exoplanet multiplicity}, note = {cite arxiv:2202.00042Comment: 30 pages, 19 figures, 2 csv files included in Arxiv source; accepted for publication in AJ}, timestamp = {2022-02-03T04:14:50.000+0100}, title = {A Possible Alignment Between the Orbits of Planetary Systems and their Visual Binary Companions}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.00042}, year = 2022 }