No Massive Companion to the Coherent Radio-emitting M Dwarf GJ 1151

Abstract

The recent detection of circularly polarized, long-duration (>8 hr), low-frequency (∼150 MHz) radio emission from the M4.5 dwarf GJ 1151 has been interpreted as arising from a star–planet interaction via the electron cyclotron maser instability. The existence or parameters of the proposed planets have not been determined. Using 20 new HARPS-N observations, we put 99th-percentile upper limits on the mass of any close companion to GJ 1151 at . With no stellar, brown dwarf, or giant planet companion likely in a close orbit, our data are consistent with detected radio emission emerging from a magnetic interaction between a short-period terrestrial-mass planet and GJ 1151 ( https://github.com/benjaminpope/video ).