Companions of Hot Jupiters: two decades of radial velocity monitoring with CORALIE
Abstract
Hot Jupiters are thought to form through multiple pathways, some of which can leave observable signatures in the architecture of their planetary systems. Massive outer companions, in particular, can provide important constraints on the dynamical histories of hot Jupiters. We aim to characterize the occurrence rate and orbital properties of additional giant companions in hot Jupiter systems, and to investigate whether these companions provide evidence for the role of dynamical interactions in shaping the hot Jupiter population. We perform a homogeneous long-term radial-velocity analysis of 147 WASP hot Jupiter systems observed with the CORALIE spectrograph between 2007 and 2025. We identify or refine 13 outer giant companions and use individual radial-velocity posteriors within a Bayesian occurrence-rate framework to measure the frequency of giant companions over orbital periods of 10--6250 days. The occurrence rate of additional giant companions increases strongly with orbital period, from {2}lt;0.01$ and 0.02 at 10--50 and 50--250 days to 0.05 and 0.17 at 250--1250 and 1250--6250 days, respectively, in agreement with the giant-planet occurrence of the general FGK population and with previous estimates of outer companions to hot Jupiters. Hot Jupiters with detected companions have longer orbital periods and higher eccentricities than those without. We also find that companion eccentricity decreases with hot Jupiter period, and that the companion-to-hot-Jupiter mass ratio increases with period ratio, both consistent with expectations from high-eccentricity migration (HEM). Our results support HEM as the mechanism shaping hot Jupiters with outer companions. Combining long-baseline radial velocities with future Gaia astrometry will further constrain companion masses, mutual inclinations, and dynamical histories.
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BibTeX
@misc{parc2026companions,
title = {{Companions of Hot Jupiters: two decades of radial velocity monitoring with CORALIE}},
author = {Léna Parc and João P. Faria and François Bouchy and Jana Baron and Siddharth Bhatnagar and Nicolas Billot and Yann Carteret and Guillaume Chaverot and Adrien Deline and Jean-Baptiste Delisle and Pedro Figueira and Emile Fontanet and Nathan C. Hara and Mathilde Houelle and Maxime Marmier and Marion Neveu-VanMalle and Louise D. Nielsen and Javiera Rey and Damien Ségransan and Manu Stalport and Stéphane Udry},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.25152},
eprint = {2610.25152},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.25152},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Companions of Hot Jupiters: two decades of radial velocity monitoring with CORALIE
AU - Léna Parc
AU - João P. Faria
AU - François Bouchy
AU - Jana Baron
AU - Siddharth Bhatnagar
AU - Nicolas Billot
AU - Yann Carteret
AU - Guillaume Chaverot
AU - Adrien Deline
AU - Jean-Baptiste Delisle
AU - Pedro Figueira
AU - Emile Fontanet
AU - Nathan C. Hara
AU - Mathilde Houelle
AU - Maxime Marmier
AU - Marion Neveu-VanMalle
AU - Louise D. Nielsen
AU - Javiera Rey
AU - Damien Ségransan
AU - Manu Stalport
AU - Stéphane Udry
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/18
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.25152
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.25152
AB - Hot Jupiters are thought to form through multiple pathways, some of which can leave observable signatures in the architecture of their planetary systems. Massive outer companions, in particular, can provide important constraints on the dynamical histories of hot Jupiters. We aim to characterize the occurrence rate and orbital properties of additional giant companions in hot Jupiter systems, and to investigate whether these companions provide evidence for the role of dynamical interactions in shaping the hot Jupiter population. We perform a homogeneous long-term radial-velocity analysis of 147 WASP hot Jupiter systems observed with the CORALIE spectrograph between 2007 and 2025. We identify or refine 13 outer giant companions and use individual radial-velocity posteriors within a Bayesian occurrence-rate framework to measure the frequency of giant companions over orbital periods of 10--6250 days. The occurrence rate of additional giant companions increases strongly with orbital period, from {2}lt;0.01$ and 0.02 at 10--50 and 50--250 days to 0.05 and 0.17 at 250--1250 and 1250--6250 days, respectively, in agreement with the giant-planet occurrence of the general FGK population and with previous estimates of outer companions to hot Jupiters. Hot Jupiters with detected companions have longer orbital periods and higher eccentricities than those without. We also find that companion eccentricity decreases with hot Jupiter period, and that the companion-to-hot-Jupiter mass ratio increases with period ratio, both consistent with expectations from high-eccentricity migration (HEM). Our results support HEM as the mechanism shaping hot Jupiters with outer companions. Combining long-baseline radial velocities with future Gaia astrometry will further constrain companion masses, mutual inclinations, and dynamical histories.
ER -