arXiv:2505.06228astro-ph.EPastro-ph.IM2025-05中稿 · publication in MNR…被引 1

用机器学习分析五颗白矮星大气,揭示其系外行星物质成分。

A Machine-Learning Compositional Study of Exoplanetary Material Accreted Onto Five Helium-Atmosphere White Dwarfs with $\texttt{cecilia}$

  • 通过联合贝叶斯拟合光谱,用机器学习反推大气成分。
  • 测得至少两种至六种元素丰度,精度达0.20 dex。
  • 发现两颗恒星存在氧过剩,或来自富氧系外物质。

我们首次应用机器学习管道《cecilia》分析五颗金属污染的氦大气白矮星的物理参数与光球成分,这些恒星元素丰度此前未被充分表征。通过联合迭代贝叶斯拟合其SDSS(R=2,000)和Keck/ESI(R=4,500)光学光谱(波长范围约3,800Å至9,000Å),我们测量了至少两种、最多六种化学元素的丰度,预测精度与传统白矮星分析技术相当(≈0.20 dex)。其中SDSS J0859+5732和SDSS J2311-0041在Keck/ESI光谱中同时检测到O、Mg、Si、Ca、Fe。所有系统污染物的总体成分与原始CI碳质球粒陨石一致,误差在1-2σ内。此外,这两颗恒星表现出统计显著(>2σ)的氧过剩,可能暗示富氧系外物质的吸积。未来随着广域巡天提供数百万白矮星光谱,cecilia有望推动污染白矮星的群体研究,提升对系外物质组成的统计认知。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We present the first application of the Machine Learning (ML) pipeline $\texttt{cecilia}$ to determine the physical parameters and photospheric composition of five metal-polluted He-atmosphere white dwarfs without well-characterised elemental abundances. To achieve this, we perform a joint and iterative Bayesian fit to their $\textit{SDSS}$ (R=2,000) and $\textit{Keck/ESI}$ (R=4,500) optical spectra, covering the wavelength range from about 3,800Å to 9,000Å. Our analysis measures the abundances of at least two $-$and up to six$-$ chemical elements in their atmospheres with a predictive accuracy similar to that of conventional WD analysis techniques ($\approx$0.20 dex). The white dwarfs with the largest number of detected heavy elements are SDSS J0859$+$5732 and SDSS J2311$-$0041, which simultaneously exhibit O, Mg, Si, Ca, and Fe in their $\textit{Keck/ESI}$ spectra. For all systems, we find that the bulk composition of their pollutants is largely consistent with those of primitive CI chondrites to within 1-2$σ$. We also find evidence of statistically significant ($>2σ$) oxygen excesses for SDSS J0859$+$5732 and SDSS J2311$-$0041, which could point to the accretion of oxygen-rich exoplanetary material. In the future, as wide-field astronomical surveys deliver millions of public WD spectra to the scientific community, $\texttt{cecilia}$ aspires to unlock population-wide studies of polluted WDs, therefore helping to improve our statistical knowledge of extrasolar compositions.

机器学习白矮星系外行星光谱分析

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