1. TOI-3235 b: A Transiting Giant Planet around an M4 Dwarf Star
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Hobson, MJ, Jordán, A, Bryant, EM, Brahm, R, Bayliss, D, Hartman, JD, Bakos, GI, Henning, T, Almenara, JM, Barkaoui, K, Benkhaldoun, Z, Bonfils, X, Bouchy, F, Charbonneau, D, Cointepas, M, Collins, KA, Eastman, JD, Ghachoui, M, Gillon, M, Goeke, RF, Horne, K, Irwin, JM, Jehin, E, Jenkins, JM, Latham, DW, Moldovan, D, Murgas, F, Pozuelos, FJ, Ricker, GR, Schwarz, RP, Seager, S, Srdoc, G, Striegel, S, Timmermans, M, Vanderburg, A, Vanderspek, R, Winn, JN, Hobson, MJ [0000-0002-5945-7975], Jordán, A [0000-0002-5389-3944], Bryant, EM [0000-0001-7904-4441], Brahm, R [0000-0002-9158-7315], Bayliss, D [0000-0001-6023-1335], Hartman, JD [0000-0001-8732-6166], Bakos, GI [0000-0001-7204-6727], Henning, T [0000-0002-1493-300X], Almenara, JM [0000-0003-3208-9815], Barkaoui, K [0000-0003-1464-9276], Benkhaldoun, Z [0000-0001-6285-9847], Bonfils, X [0000-0001-9003-8894], Bouchy, F [0000-0002-7613-393X], Charbonneau, D [0000-0002-9003-484X], Collins, KA [0000-0001-6588-9574], Eastman, JD [0000-0003-3773-5142], Ghachoui, M [0000-0003-3986-0297], Gillon, M [0000-0003-1462-7739], Horne, K [0000-0003-1728-0304], Jehin, E [0000-0001-8923-488X], Jenkins, JM [0000-0002-4715-9460], Latham, DW [0000-0001-9911-7388], Murgas, F [0000-0001-9087-1245], Pozuelos, FJ [0000-0003-1572-7707], Ricker, GR [0000-0003-2058-6662], Schwarz, RP [0000-0001-8227-1020], Seager, S [0000-0002-6892-6948], Vanderburg, A [0000-0001-7246-5438], Vanderspek, R [0000-0001-6763-6562], Winn, JN [0000-0002-4265-047X], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, and University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science
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Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) ,Space and Planetary Science ,5101 Astronomical Sciences ,MCP ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,3rd-DAS ,5109 Space Sciences ,51 Physical Sciences ,Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
We present the discovery of TOI-3235 b, a short-period Jupiter orbiting an M-dwarf with a stellar mass close to the critical mass at which stars transition from partially to fully convective. TOI-3235 b was first identified as a candidate from TESS photometry, and confirmed with radial velocities from ESPRESSO, and ground-based photometry from HATSouth, MEarth-South, TRAPPIST-South, LCOGT, and ExTrA. We find that the planet has a mass of $\mathrm{0.665\pm0.025\,M_J}$ and a radius of $\mathrm{1.017\pm0.044\,R_J}$. It orbits close to its host star, with an orbital period of $\mathrm{2.5926\,d}$, but has an equilibrium temperature of $\mathrm{\approx 604 \, K}$, well below the expected threshold for radius inflation of hot Jupiters. The host star has a mass of $\mathrm{0.3939\pm0.0030\,M_\odot}$, a radius of $\mathrm{0.3697\pm0.0018\,R_\odot}$, an effective temperature of $\mathrm{3389 \, K}$, and a J-band magnitude of $\mathrm{11.706\pm0.025}$. Current planet formation models do not predict the existence of gas giants such as TOI-3235 b around such low-mass stars. With a high transmission spectroscopy metric, TOI-3235 b is one of the best-suited giants orbiting M-dwarfs for atmospheric characterization., 15 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in APJL
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- 2023