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1. TOI-544 b: a potential water-world inside the radius valley in a two-planet system

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Osborne, H. L. M., Van Eylen, V., Goffo, E., Gandolfi, D., Nowak, G., Persson, C. M., Livingston, J., Weeks, A., Pallé, E., Luque, R., Hellier, C., Carleo, I., Redfield, S., Hirano, T., Gili, M. Garbaccio, Alarcon, J., Barragán, O., Casasayas-Barris, N., Díaz, M. R., Esposito, M., Jenkins, J. S., Knudstrup, E., Murgas, F., Orell-Miquel, J., Rodler, F., Serrano, L., Stangret, M., Albrecht, S. H., Alqasim, A., Cochran, W. D., Deeg, H. J., Fridlund, M., Hatzes, A., Korth, J., and Lam, K. W. F.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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We report on the precise radial velocity follow-up of TOI-544 (HD 290498), a bright K star (V=10.8), which hosts a small transiting planet recently discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). We collected 122 high-resolution HARPS and HARPS-N spectra to spectroscopically confirm the transiting planet and measure its mass. The nearly 3-year baseline of our follow-up allowed us to unveil the presence of an additional, non-transiting, longer-period companion planet. We derived a radius and mass for the inner planet, TOI-544b, of 2.018 $\pm$ 0.076 R$_{\oplus}$ and 2.89 $\pm$ 0.48 M$_{\oplus}$ respectively, which gives a bulk density of $1.93^{+0.30}_{-0.25}$ g cm$^{-3}$. TOI-544c has a minimum mass of 21.5 $\pm$ 2.0 M$_{\oplus}$ and orbital period of 50.1 $\pm$ 0.2 days. The low density of planet-b implies that it has either an Earth-like rocky core with a hydrogen atmosphere, or a composition which harbours a significant fraction of water. The composition interpretation is degenerate depending on the specific choice of planet interior models used. Additionally, TOI-544b has an orbital period of 1.55 days and equilibrium temperature of 999 $\pm$ 14 K, placing it within the predicted location of the radius valley, where few planets are expected. TOI-544b is a top target for future atmospheric observations, for example with JWST, which would enable better constraints of the planet composition., Comment: Accepted in MNRAS, 06 December 2023

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2023

2. Retrieval of the dayside atmosphere of WASP-43b with CRIRES+

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Lesjak, F., Nortmann, L., Yan, F., Cont, D., Reiners, A., Piskunov, N., Hatzes, A., Boldt-Christmas, L., Czesla, S., Heiter, U., Kochukhov, O., Lavail, A., Nagel, E., Rains, A. D., Rengel, M., Rodler, F., Seemann, U., and Shulyak, D.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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Accurately estimating the C/O ratio of hot Jupiter atmospheres is a promising pathway towards understanding planet formation and migration, as well as the formation of clouds and the overall atmospheric composition. The atmosphere of the hot Jupiter WASP-43b has been extensively analysed using low-resolution observations with HST and Spitzer, but these previous observations did not cover the K band, which hosts prominent spectral features of major carbon-bearing species such as CO and CH$_{4}$. As a result, the ability to establish precise constraints on the C/O ratio was limited. Moreover, the planet has not been studied at high spectral resolution, which can provide insights into the atmospheric dynamics. In this study, we present the first high-resolution dayside spectra of WASP-43b with the new CRIRES$^+$ spectrograph. By observing the planet in the K band, we successfully detected the presence of CO and provide evidence for the existence of H$_2$O using the cross-correlation method. This discovery represents the first direct detection of CO in the atmosphere of WASP-43b. Furthermore, we retrieved the temperature-pressure profile, abundances of CO and H$_2$O, and a super-solar C/O ratio of 0.78 by applying a Bayesian retrieval framework to the data. Our findings also shed light on the atmospheric characteristics of WASP-43b. We found no evidence for a cloud deck on the dayside, and recovered a line broadening indicative of an equatorial super-rotation corresponding to a jet with a wind speed of $\sim$ 5 km s$^{-1}$, matching the results of previous forward models and low-resolution atmospheric retrievals for this planet., Comment: 15 pages, 14 figures

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2023
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3. TOI-1130: A photodynamical analysis of a hot Jupiter in resonance with an inner low-mass planet

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Korth, J., Gandolfi, D., Šubjak, J., Howard, S., Ataiee, S., Collins, K. A., Quinn, S. N., Mustill, A. J., Guillot, T., Lodieu, N., Smith, A. M. S., Esposito, M., Rodler, F., Muresan, A., Abe, L., Albrecht, S. H., Alqasim, A., Barkaoui, K., Beck, P. G., Burke, C. J., Butler, R. P., Conti, D. M., Collins, K. I., Crane, J. D., Dai, F., Deeg, H. J., Evans, P., Grziwa, S., Hatzes, A. P., Hirano, T., Horne, K., Huang, C. X., Jenkins, J. M., Kabáth, P., Kielkopf, J. F., Knudstrup, E., Latham, D. W., Livingston, J., Luque, R., Mathur, S., Murgas, F., Osborne, H. L. M., Pallé, E., Persson, C. M., Rodriguez, J. E., Rose, M., Rowden, P., Schwarz, R. P., Seager, S., Serrano, L. M., Sha, L., Shectman, S. A., Shporer, A., Srdoc, G., Stockdale, C., Tan, T. G., Teske, J. K., Van Eylen, V., Vanderburg, A., Vanderspek, R., Wang, S. X., and Winn, J. N.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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The TOI-1130 is a known planetary system around a K-dwarf consisting of a gas giant planet, TOI-1130 c, on an 8.4-day orbit, accompanied by an inner Neptune-sized planet, TOI-1130 b, with an orbital period of 4.1 days. We collected precise radial velocity (RV) measurements of TOI-1130 with the HARPS and PFS spectrographs as part of our ongoing RV follow-up program. We perform a photodynamical modeling of the HARPS and PFS RVs, and transit photometry from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the TESS Follow-up Observing Program. We determine the planet masses and radii of TOI-1130 b and TOI-1130 c to be Mb = 19.28 $\pm$ 0.97 M$_\oplus$ and Rb = 3.56 $\pm$ 0.13 R$_\oplus$, and Mc = 325.59 $\pm$ 5.59 M$_\oplus$ and Rc = 13.32+1.55-1.41 R$_\oplus$, respectively. We spectroscopically confirm TOI-1130 b that was previously only validated. We find that the two planets orbit with small eccentricities in a 2:1 resonant configuration. This is the first known system with a hot Jupiter and an inner lower mass planet locked in a mean-motion resonance. TOI-1130 belongs to the small yet increasing population of hot Jupiters with an inner low-mass planet that challenges the pathway for hot Jupiter formation. We also detect a linear RV trend possibly due to the presence of an outer massive companion., Comment: 19 pages, Accepted to A&A

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2023
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4. CRIRES+ detection of CO emissions lines and temperature inversions on the dayside of WASP-18b and WASP-76b

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Yan, F., Nortmann, L., Reiners, A., Piskunov, N., Hatzes, A., Seemann, U., Shulyak, D., Lavail, A., Rains, A. D., Cont, D., Rengel, M., Lesjak, F., Nagel, E., Kochukhov, O., Czesla, S., Boldt-Christmas, L., Heiter, U., Smoker, J. V., Rodler, F., Bristow, P., Dorn, R. J., Jung, Y., Marquart, T., and Stempels, E.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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The dayside atmospheres of ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) are predicted to possess temperature inversion layers with extremely high temperatures at high altitudes. We observed the dayside thermal emission spectra of WASP-18b and WASP-76b with the new CRIRES+ high-resolution spectrograph at near-infrared wavelengths. Using the cross-correlation technique, we detected strong CO emission lines in both planets, which confirms the existence of temperature inversions on their dayside hemispheres. The two planets are the first UHJs orbiting F-type stars with CO emission lines detected; previous detections were mostly for UHJs orbiting A-type stars. Evidence of weak H2O emission signals is also found for both planets. We further applied forward-model retrievals on the detected CO lines and retrieved the temperature-pressure profiles along with the CO volume mixing ratios. The retrieved logarithmic CO mixing ratio of WASP-18b (-2.2) is slightly higher than the value predicted by the self-consistent model assuming solar abundance. For WASP-76b, the retrieved CO mixing ratio (-3.6) is broadly consistent with the value of solar abundance. In addition, we included the equatorial rotation velocity (Veq ) in the retrieval when analyzing the line profile broadening. The obtained Veq is 7.0 km/s for WASP-18b and 5.2 km/s for WASP-76b, which are consistent with the tidally locked rotational velocities., Comment: 11 pages, 12 figures; accepted for publication in A&A

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2023
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5. K2-99 revisited: a non-inflated warm Jupiter, and a temperate giant planet on a 522-d orbit around a subgiant

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Smith, A. M. S., Breton, S. N., Csizmadia, Sz., Dai, F., Gandolfi, D., García, R. A., Howard, A. W., Isaacson, H., Korth, J., Lam, K. W. F., Mathur, S., Nowak, G., Hernández, F. Pérez, Persson, C. M., Albrecht, S. H., Barragán, O., Cabrera, J., Cochran, W. D., Deeg, H. J., Fridlund, M., Georgieva, I. Y., Goffo, E., Guenther, E. W., Hatzes, A. P., Kabath, P., Livingston, J. H., Luque, R., Palle, E., Redfield, S., Rodler, F., Serrano, L. M., and Van Eylen, V.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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We report new photometric and spectroscopic observations of the K2-99 planetary system. Asteroseismic analysis of the short-cadence light curve from K2's Campaign 17 allows us to refine the stellar properties. We find K2-99 to be significantly smaller than previously thought, with $R_{\star} = 2.55\pm0.02$ $\mathrm{R_\odot}$. The new light curve also contains four transits of K2-99b, which we use to improve our knowledge of the planetary properties. We find the planet to be a non-inflated warm Jupiter, with $R_\mathrm{b} = 1.06 \pm 0.01$ $\mathrm{R_{Jup}}$. Sixty new radial velocity measurements from HARPS, HARPS-N, and HIRES enable the determination of the orbital parameters of K2-99c, which were previously poorly constrained. We find that this outer planet has a minimum mass $M_\mathrm{c} \sin i_\mathrm{c} = 8.4\pm0.2$ $\mathrm{M_{Jup}}$, and an eccentric orbit ($e_\mathrm{c} = 0.210 \pm 0.009$) with a period of $522.2\pm1.4$ d. Upcoming TESS observations in 2022 have a good chance of detecting the transit of this planet, if the mutual inclination between the two planetary orbits is small., Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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2021
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6. The young HD 73583 (TOI-560) planetary system: Two 10-M$_\oplus$ mini-Neptunes transiting a 500-Myr-old, bright, and active K dwarf

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Barragán, O., Armstrong, D. J., Gandolfi, D., Carleo, I., Vidotto, A. A., D'Angelo, C. Villarreal, Oklopčić, A., Isaacson, H., Oddo, D., Collins, K., Fridlund, M., Sousa, S. G., Persson, C. M., Hellier, C., Howell, S., Howard, A., Redfield, S., Eisner, N., Georgieva, I. Y., Dragomir, D., Bayliss, D., Nielsen, L. D., Klein, B., Aigrain, S., Zhang, M., Teske, J., Twicken, J D., Jenkins, J., Esposito, M., Van Eylen, V., Rodler, F., Adibekyan, V., Alarcon, J., Anderson, D. R., Murphy, J. M. Akana, Barrado, D., Barros, S. C. C., Benneke, B., Bouchy, F., Bryant, E. M., Butler, P., Burt, J., Cabrera, J., Casewell, S., Chaturvedi, P., Cloutier, R., Cochran, W. D., Crane, J., Crossfield, I., Crouzet, N., Collins, K. I., Dai, F., Deeg, H. J., Deline, A., Demangeon, O. D. S., Dumusque, X., Figueira, P., Furlan, E., Gnilka, C., Goad, M. R., Goffo, E., Gutiérrez-Canales, F., Hadjigeorghiou, A., Hartman, Z., Hatzes, A. P., Harris, M., Henderson, B., Hirano, T., Hojjatpanah, S., Hoyer, S., Kabáth, P., Korth, J., Lillo-Box, J., Luque, R., Marmier, M., Močnik, T., Muresan, A., Murgas, F., Nagel, E., Osborne, H. L. M., Osborn, A., Osborn, H. P., Palle, E., Raimbault, M., Ricker, G. R., Rubenzahl, R A., Stockdale, C., Santos, N. C., Scott, N., Schwarz, R. P., Shectman, S., Seager, S., Ségransan, D., Serrano, L. M., Skarka, M., Smith, A. M. S., Šubjak, J., Tan, T. G., Udry, S., Watson, C., Wheatley, P. J., West, R., Winn, J. N., Wang, S. X., Wolfgang, A., and Ziegler, C.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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We present the discovery and characterisation of two transiting planets observed by \textit{TESS} in the light curves of the young and bright (V=9.67) star HD73583 (TOI-560). We perform an intensive spectroscopic and photometric space- and ground-based follow-up in order to confirm and characterise the system. We found that HD73583 is a young ($\sim 500$~Myr) active star with a rotational period of $12.08 \pm 0.11 $\,d, and a mass and radius of $ 0.73 \pm 0.02 M_\odot$ and $0.65 \pm 0.02 R_\odot$, respectively. HD73583 b ($P_b=6.3980420 _{ - 0.0000062 }^{+0.0000067}$ d) has a mass and radius of $10.2 _{-3.1}^{+3.4} M_\oplus$ and$2.79 \pm 0.10 R_\oplus$, respectively, that gives a density of $2.58 _{-0.81}^{ 0.95} {\rm g\,cm^{-3}}$. HD73583 c ($P_c= 18.87974 _{-0.00074 }^{+0.00086}$) has a mass and radius of $9.7_{-1.7} ^ {+1.8} M_\oplus$ and $2.39_{-0.09}^{+0.10} R_\oplus$, respectively, this translates to a density of $3.88 _{-0.80}^{+0.91} {\rm g\,cm^{-3}}$. Both planets are consistent with worlds made of a solid core surrounded by a volatile envelope. Because of their youth and host star brightness, they both are excellent candidates to perform transmission spectroscopy studies. We expect ongoing atmospheric mass-loss for both planets caused by stellar irradiation. We estimate that the detection of evaporating signatures on H and He would be challenging, but doable with present and future instruments., Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS

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2021
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7. Detection of Fe and evidence for TiO in the dayside emission spectrum of WASP-33b

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Cont, D., Yan, F., Reiners, A., Casasayas-Barris, N., Mollière, P., Pallé, E., Henning, Th., Nortmann, L., Stangret, M., Czesla, S., López-Puertas, M., Sánchez-López, A., Rodler, F., Ribas, I., Quirrenbach, A., Caballero, J. A., Amado, P. J., Carone, L., Khaimova, J., Kreidberg, L., Molaverdikhani, K., Montes, D., Morello, G., Nagel, E., Oshagh, M., and Zechmeister, M.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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Theoretical studies predict the presence of thermal inversions in the atmosphere of highly irradiated gas giant planets. Recent observations have identified these inversion layers. However, the role of different chemical species in their formation remains unclear. We search for the signature of the thermal inversion agents TiO and Fe in the dayside emission spectrum of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-33b. The spectra were obtained with CARMENES and HARPS-N, covering different wavelength ranges. Telluric and stellar absorption lines were removed with SYSREM. We cross-correlated the residual spectra with model spectra to retrieve the signals from the planetary atmosphere. We find evidence for TiO at a significance of 4.9$\mathrm{\sigma}$ with CARMENES. The strength of the TiO signal drops close to the secondary eclipse. No TiO signal is found with HARPS-N. An injection-recovery test suggests that the TiO signal is below the detection level at the wavelengths covered by HARPS-N. The emission signature of Fe is detected with both instruments at significance levels of 5.7$\mathrm{\sigma}$ and 4.5$\mathrm{\sigma}$, respectively. By combining all observations, we obtain a significance level of 7.3$\mathrm{\sigma}$ for Fe. We find the TiO signal at $K_\mathrm{p}$ = $248.0_{-2.5}^{+2.0}$ km s$^{-1}$, which is in disagreement with the Fe detection at $K_\mathrm{p}$ = $225.0_{-3.5}^{+4.0}$ km s$^{-1}$. The $K_\mathrm{p}$ value for Fe is in agreement with prior investigations. The model spectra require different temperature profiles for TiO and Fe to match the observations. We observe a broader line profile for Fe than for TiO. Our results confirm the existence of a temperature inversion layer in the planetary atmosphere. The observed $K_\mathrm{p}$ offset and different strengths of broadening in the line profiles suggest the existence of a TiO-depleted hot spot in the planetary atmosphere., Comment: 21 pages, 20 figures, A&A, in press

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2021
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8. TOI-220 $b$: a warm sub-Neptune discovered by TESS

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Hoyer, S., Gandolfi, D., Armstrong, D. J., Deleuil, M., Acuña, L., de Medeiros, J. R., Goffo, E., Lillo-Box, J., Mena, E. Delgado, Lopez, T. A., Santerne, A., Sousa, S., Fridlund, M., Adibekyan, V., Collins, K. A., Serrano, L. M., Cortés-Zuleta, P., Howell, S. B., Deeg, H., Aguichine, A., Barragán, O., Bryant, E. M., Martins, B. L. Canto, Collins, K. I., Cooke, B. F., Díaz, R. F., Esposito, M., Furlan, E., Hojjatpanah, S., Jackman, J., Jenkins, J. M., Jensen, E. L. N., Latham, D. W., Leão, I. C., Matson, R. A., Nielsen, L. D., Osborn, A., Otegi, J. F., Rodler, F., Sabotta, S., Scott, N. J., Seager, S., Stockdale, C., Strøm, P. A., Vanderspek, R., Van Eylen, V., Wheatley, P. J., Winn, J. N., Almenara, J. M., Barrado, D., Barros, S. C. C., Bayliss, D., Bouchy, F., Boyd, P. T., Cabrera, J., Cochran, W. D., Demangeon, O., Doty, J. P., Dumusque, X., Figueira, P., Fong, W., Grziwa, S., Hatzes, A. P., Kabáth, P., Knudstrup, E., Korth, J., Livingston, J. H., Luque, R., Mousis, O., Mullally, S. E., Osborn, H. P., Pallé, E., Persson, C. M., Redfield, S., Santos, N. C., Smith, J., Šubjak, J., Twicken, J. D., Udry, S., and Yahalomi, D. A.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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In this paper we report the discovery of TOI-220 $b$, a new sub-Neptune detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and confirmed by radial velocity follow-up observations with the HARPS spectrograph. Based on the combined analysis of TESS transit photometry and high precision radial velocity measurements we estimate a planetary mass of 13.8 $\pm$ 1.0 M$_{Earth}$ and radius of 3.03 $\pm$ 0.15 R$_{Earth}$, implying a bulk density of 2.73 $\pm$ 0.47 $\textrm{g cm}^{-3}$. TOI-220 $b$ orbits a relative bright (V=10.4) and old (10.1$\pm$1.4 Gyr) K dwarf star with a period of $\sim$10.69 d. Thus, TOI-220 $b$ is a new warm sub-Neptune with very precise mass and radius determinations. A Bayesian analysis of the TOI-220 $b$ internal structure indicates that due to the strong irradiation it receives, the low density of this planet could be explained with a steam atmosphere in radiative-convective equilibrium and a supercritical water layer on top of a differentiated interior made of a silicate mantle and a small iron core., Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS

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2021
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9. A planetary system with two transiting mini-Neptunes near the radius valley transition around the bright M dwarf TOI-776

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Luque, R., Serrano, L. M., Molaverdikhani, K., Nixon, M. C., Livingston, J. H., Guenther, E. W., Pallé, E., Madhusudhan, N., Nowak, G., Korth, J., Cochran, W. D., Hirano, T., Chaturvedi, P., Goffo, E., Albrecht, S., Barragán, O., Briceño, C, Cabrera, J., Charbonneau, D., Cloutier, R., Collins, K. A., Collins, K. I., Colón, K. D., Crossfield, I. J. M., Csizmadia, Sz., Dai, F., Deeg, H. J., Esposito, M., Fridlund, M., Gandolfi, D., Georgieva, I., Glidden, A., Goeke, R. F., Grziwa, S., Hatzes, A. P., Henze, C. E., Howell, S. B., Irwin, J., Jenkins, J. M., Jensen, E. L. N., Kábath, P., Kidwell Jr., R. C., Kielkopf, J. F., Knudstrup, E., Lam, K. W. F., Latham, D. W., Lissauer, J. J., Mann, A. W., Matthews, E. C., Mireles, I., Narita, N., Paegert, M., Persson, C. M., Redfield, S., Ricker, G. R., Rodler, F., Schlieder, J. E., Scott, N. J., Seager, S., Šubjak, J., Tan, T. G., Ting, E. B., Vanderspek, R., Van Eylen, V., Winn, J. N., and Ziegler, C.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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We report the discovery and characterization of two transiting planets around the bright M1 V star LP 961-53 (TOI-776, J = 8.5 mag, M = 0.54+-0.03 Msun) detected during Sector 10 observations of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Combining the TESS photometry with HARPS radial velocities, as well as ground-based follow-up transit observations from MEarth and LCOGT telescopes, we measured for the inner planet, TOI-776 b, a period of 8.25 d, a radius of 1.85+-0.13 Re, and a mass of 4.0+-0.9 Me; and for the outer planet, TOI-776 c, a period of 15.66 d, a radius of 2.02+-0.14 Re, and a mass of 5.3+-1.8 Me. The Doppler data shows one additional signal, with a period of 34 d, associated with the rotational period of the star. The analysis of fifteen years of ground-based photometric monitoring data and the inspection of different spectral line indicators confirm this assumption. The bulk densities of TOI-776 b and c allow for a wide range of possible interior and atmospheric compositions. However, both planets have retained a significant atmosphere, with slightly different envelope mass fractions. Thanks to their location near the radius gap for M dwarfs, we can start to explore the mechanism(s) responsible for the radius valley emergence around low-mass stars as compared to solar-like stars. While a larger sample of well-characterized planets in this parameter space is still needed to draw firm conclusions, we tentatively estimate that the stellar mass below which thermally-driven mass loss is no longer the main formation pathway for sculpting the radius valley is between 0.63 and 0.54 Msun. Due to the brightness of the star, the TOI-776 system is also an excellent target for the James Webb Space Telescope, providing a remarkable laboratory to break the degeneracy in planetary interior models and to test formation and evolution theories of small planets around low-mass stars., Comment: 26 pages, 15 figures, 8 tables. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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2020
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10. The TOI-763 system: sub-Neptunes orbiting a Sun-like star

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Fridlund, M., Livingston, J., Gandolfi, D., Persson, C. M., Lam, K. W. F., Stassun, K. G., Hellier, C., Korth, J., Hatzes, A. P., Malavolta, L., Luque, R., Redfield, S., Guenther, E. W., Albrecht, S., Barragan, O., Benatti, S., Bouma, L., Cabrera, J., Cochran, W. D., Csizmadia, Sz., Dai, F., Deeg, H. J., Esposito, M., Georgieva, I., Grziwa, S., Cuesta, L. González, Hirano, T., Jenkins, J. M., Kabath, P., Knudstrup, E., Latham, D. W., Mathur, S., Mullally, S. E., Narita, N., Nowak, G., Olofsson, A. O. H., Palle, E., Pätzold, M., Pompei, E., Rauer, H., Ricker, G., Rodler, F., Seager, S., Serrano, L. M., Smith, A. M. S., Spina, L., Subjak, J., Tenenbaum, P., Ting, E. B., Vanderburg, A., Vanderspek, R., Van Eylen, V., Villanueva, S., and Winn, J. N.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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We report the discovery of a planetary system orbiting TOI-763 (aka CD-39 7945), a $V=10.2$, high proper motion G-type dwarf star that was photometrically monitored by the TESS space mission in Sector 10. We obtain and model the stellar spectrum and find an object slightly smaller than the Sun, and somewhat older, but with a similar metallicity. Two planet candidates were found in the light curve to be transiting the star. Combining TESS transit photometry with HARPS high-precision radial velocity follow-up measurements confirm the planetary nature of these transit signals. We determine masses, radii, and bulk densities of these two planets. A third planet candidate was discovered serendipitously in the radial velocity data. The inner transiting planet,TOI-763 b, has an orbital period of $P_\mathrm{b}$ = 5.6~days, a mass of $M_\mathrm{b}$ = $9.8\pm0.8$ $M_\oplus$, and a radius of $R_\mathrm{b}$ = $2.37\pm0.10$ $R_\oplus$. The second transiting planet,TOI-763 c, has an orbital period of $P_\mathrm{c}$ = 12.3~days, a mass of $M_\mathrm{c}$ = $9.3\pm1.0$ $M_\oplus$, and a radius of $R_\mathrm{c}$ = $2.87\pm0.11$ $R_\oplus$. We find the outermost planet candidate to orbit the star with a period of $\sim$48~days. If confirmed as a planet it would have a minimum mass of $M_\mathrm{d}$ = $9.5\pm1.6$ $M_\oplus$. We investigated the TESS light curve in order to search for a mono transit by planet~d without success. We discuss the importance and implications of this planetary system in terms of the geometrical arrangements of planets orbiting G-type stars.

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2020
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11. Three planets transiting the evolved star EPIC 249893012: a hot 8.8-M$_\oplus$ super-Earth and two warm 14.7 and 10.2-M$_\oplus$ sub-Neptunes

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Hidalgo, D., Pallé, E., Alonso, R., Gandolfi, D., Fridlund, M., Nowak, G., Luque, R., Hirano, T., Justesen, A. B., Cochran, W. D., Barragan, O., Spina, L., Rodler, F., Albrecht, S., Anderson, D., Amado, P., Bryant, E., Caballero, J. A., Cabrera, J., Csizmadia, Sz., Dai, F., De Leon, J., Deeg, H. J., Eigmuller, Ph., Endl, M., Erikson, A., Esposito, M., Figueira, P., Georgieva, I., Grziwa, S., Guenther, E., Hatzes, A. P., Hjorth, M., Hoeijmakers, H. J., Kabath, P., Korth, J., Kuzuhara, M., Lafarga, M., Lampon, M., Leao, I. C., Livingston, J., Mathur, S., Montanes-Rodriguez, P., Morales, J. C., Murgas, F., Nagel, E., Narita, N., Nielsen, L. D., Patzold, M., Persson, C. M., Prieto-Arranz, J., Quirrenbach, A., Rauer, H., Redfield, S., Reiners, A., Ribas, I., Smith, A. M. S., Subjak, J., Van Eylen, V., and Wilson, P. A.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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We report the discovery of a new planetary system with three transiting planets, one super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes, that orbit EPIC\,249893012, a G8\,IV-V evolved star ($M_\star$\,=\,1.05\,$\pm$\,0.05\,$M_\odot$, $R_\star$\,=\,1.71\,$\pm$\,0.04\,$R_\odot$, $T_\mathrm{eff}$\,=5430\,$\pm$\,85\,K). The star is just leaving the main sequence. We combined \ktwo \ photometry with IRCS adaptive-optics imaging and HARPS, HARPS-N, and CARMENES high-precision radial velocity measurements to confirm the planetary system, determine the stellar parameters, and measure radii, masses, and densities of the three planets. With an orbital period of $3.5949^{+0.0007}_{-0.0007}$ days, a mass of $8.75^{+1.09}_{-1.08}\ M_{\oplus}$ , and a radius of $1.95^{+0.09}_{-0.08}\ R_{\oplus}$, the inner planet b is compatible with nickel-iron core and a silicate mantle ($\rho_b= 6.39^{+1.19}_{-1.04}$ g cm$^{-3}$). Planets c and d with orbital periods of $15.624^{+0.001}_{-0.001}$ and $35.747^{+0.005}_{-0.005}$ days, respectively, have masses and radii of $14.67^{+1,84}_{-1.89}\ M_{\oplus}$ and $3.67^{+0.17}_{-0.14}\ R_{\oplus}$ and $10.18^{+2.46}_{-2.42}\ M_{\oplus}$ and $3.94^{+0.13}_{-0.12}\ R_{\oplus}$, respectively, yielding a mean density of $1.62^{+0.30}_{-0.29}$ and $0.91^{+0.25}_{-0.23}$ g cm$^{-3}$, respectively. The radius of planet b lies in the transition region between rocky and gaseous planets, but its density is consistent with a rocky composition. Its semimajor axis and the corresponding photoevaporation levels to which the planet has been exposed might explain its measured density today. In contrast, the densities and semimajor axes of planets c and d suggest a very thick atmosphere. The singularity of this system, which orbits a slightly evolved star that is just leaving the main sequence, makes it a good candidate for a deeper study from a dynamical point of view., Comment: Accepted for publication in A\& A

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2020
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12. Mass determinations of the three mini-Neptunes transiting TOI-125

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Nielsen, L. D., Gandolfi, D., Armstrong, D. J., Jenkins, J. S., Fridlund, M., Santos, N. C., Dai, F., Adibekyan, V., Luque, R., Steffen, J. H., Esposito, M., Meru, F., Sabotta, S., Bolmont, E., Kossakowski, D., Otegi, J. F., Murgas, F., Stalport, M., Rodler, F., Díaz, M. R., Kurtovic, N. T., Ricker, G., Vanderspek, R., Latham, D. W., Seager, S., Winn, J. N., Jenkins, J. M., Barrado, R. Allart J. M. ~Almenara D., Barros, S. C. C., Bayliss, D., Berdiñas, Z. M., Boisse, I., Bouchy, F., Boyd, P., Brown, D. J. A., Bryant, E. M., Burke, C., Cochran, W. D., Cooke, B. F., Demangeon, O. D. S., Díaz, R. F., Dittman, J., Dorn, C., Dumusque, X., García, R. A., González-Cuesta, L., Grziwa, S., Georgieva, I., Guerrero, N., Hatzes, A. P., Helled, R., Henze, C. E., Hojjatpanah, S., Korth, J., Lam, K. W. F., Lillo-Box, J., Lopez, T. A., Livingston, J., Mathur, S., Mousis, O., Narita, N., Osborn, H. P., Palle, E., Rojas, P. A. Peña, Persson, C. M., Quinn, S. N., Rauer, H., Redfield, S., Santerne, A., Santos, L. A. dos, Seidel, J. V., Sousa, S. G., Ting, E. B., Turbet, M., Udry, S., Vanderburg, A., Van Eylen, V., Vines, J. I., Wheatley, P. J., and Wilson, P. A.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, is currently carrying out an all-sky search for small planets transiting bright stars. In the first year of the TESS survey, steady progress was made in achieving the mission's primary science goal of establishing bulk densities for 50 planets smaller than Neptune. During that year, TESS's observations were focused on the southern ecliptic hemisphere, resulting in the discovery of three mini-Neptunes orbiting the star TOI-125, a V=11.0 K0 dwarf. We present intensive HARPS radial velocity observations, yielding precise mass measurements for TOI-125b, TOI-125c and TOI-125d. TOI-125b has an orbital period of 4.65 days, a radius of $2.726 \pm 0.075 ~\mathrm{R_{\rm E}}$, a mass of $ 9.50 \pm 0.88 ~\mathrm{M_{\rm E}}$ and is near the 2:1 mean motion resonance with TOI-125c at 9.15 days. TOI-125c has a similar radius of $2.759 \pm 0.10 ~\mathrm{R_{\rm E}}$ and a mass of $ 6.63 \pm 0.99 ~\mathrm{M_{\rm E}}$, being the puffiest of the three planets. TOI-125d, has an orbital period of 19.98 days and a radius of $2.93 \pm 0.17~\mathrm{R_{\rm E}}$ and mass $13.6 \pm 1.2 ~\mathrm{M_{\rm E}}$. For TOI-125b and TOI-125d we find unusual high eccentricities of $0.19\pm 0.04$ and $0.17^{+0.08}_{-0.06}$, respectively. Our analysis also provides upper mass limits for the two low-SNR planet candidates in the system; for TOI-125.04 ($R_P=1.36 ~\mathrm{R_{\rm E}}$, $P=$0.53 days) we find a $2\sigma$ upper mass limit of $1.6~\mathrm{M_{\rm E}}$, whereas TOI-125.05 ( $R_P=4.2^{+2.4}_{-1.4} ~\mathrm{R_{\rm E}}$, $P=$ 13.28 days) is unlikely a viable planet candidate with upper mass limit $2.7~\mathrm{M_{\rm E}}$. We discuss the internal structure of the three confirmed planets, as well as dynamical stability and system architecture for this intriguing exoplanet system., Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS

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2020
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13. A giant exoplanet orbiting a very low-mass star challenges planet formation models

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Morales, J. C., Mustill, A. J., Ribas, I., Davies, M. B., Reiners, A., Bauer, F. F., Kossakowski, D., Herrero, E., Rodríguez, E., López-González, M. J., Rodríguez-López, C., Béjar, V. J. S., González-Cuesta, L., Luque, R., Pallé, E., Perger, M., Baroch, D., Johansen, A., Klahr, H., Mordasini, C., Anglada-Escudé, G., Caballero, J. A., Cortés-Contreras, M., Dreizler, S., Lafarga, M., Nagel, E., Passegger, V. M., Reffert, S., Rosich, A., Schweitzer, A., Tal-Or, L., Trifonov, T., Zechmeister, M., Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., Guenther, E. W., Hagen, H. -J., Henning, T., Jeffers, S. V., Kaminski, A., Kürster, M., Montes, D., Seifert, W., Abellán, F. J., Abril, M., Aceituno, J., Aceituno, F. J., Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Eiff, M. Ammler-von, Antona, R., Arroyo-Torres, B., Azzaro, M., Barrado, D., Becerril-Jarque, S., Benítez, D., Berdiñas, Z. M., Bergond, G., Brinkmöller, M., del Burgo, C., Burn, R., Calvo-Ortega, R., Cano, J., Cárdenas, M. C., Guillén, C. Cardona, Carro, J., Casal, E., Casanova, V., Casasayas-Barris, N., Chaturvedi, P., Cifuentes, C., Claret, A., Colomé, J., Czesla, S., Díez-Alonso, E., Dorda, R., Emsenhuber, A., Fernández, M., Fernández-Martín, A., Ferro, I. M., Fuhrmeister, B., Galadí-Enríquez, D., Cava, I. Gallardo, Vargas, M. L. García, Garcia-Piquer, A., Gesa, L., González-Álvarez, E., Hernández, J. I. González, González-Peinado, R., Guàrdia, J., Guijarro, A., de Guindos, E., Hatzes, A. P., Hauschildt, P. H., Hedrosa, R. P., Hermelo, I., Arabi, R. Hernández, Otero, F. Hernández, Hintz, D., Holgado, G., Huber, A., Huke, P., Johnson, E. N., de Juan, E., Kehr, M., Kemmer, J., Kim, M., Klüter, J., Klutsch, A., Labarga, F., Labiche, N., Lalitha, S., Lampón, M., Lara, L. M., Launhardt, R., Lázaro, F. J., Lizon, J. -L., Llamas, M., Lodieu, N., del Fresno, M. López, Salas, J. F. López, López-Santiago, J., Madinabeitia, H. Magán, Mall, U., Mancini, L., Mandel, H., Marfil, E., Molina, J. A. Marín, Martín, E. L., Martín-Fernández, P., Martín-Ruiz, S., Martínez-Rodríguez, H., Marvin, C. J., Mirabet, E., Moya, A., Naranjo, V., Nelson, R. P., Nortmann, L., Nowak, G., Ofir, A., Pascual, J., Pavlov, A., Pedraz, S., Medialdea, D. Pérez, Pérez-Calpena, A., Perryman, M. A. C., Rabaza, O., Ballesta, A. Ramón, Rebolo, R., Redondo, P., Rix, H. -W., Rodler, F., Trinidad, A. Rodríguez, Sabotta, S., Sadegi, S., Salz, M., Sánchez-Blanco, E., Carrasco, M. A. Sánchez, Sánchez-López, A., Sanz-Forcada, J., Sarkis, P., Sarmiento, L. F., Schäfer, S., Schlecker, M., Schmitt, J. H. M. M., Schöfer, P., Solano, E., Sota, A., Stahl, O., Stock, S., Stuber, T., Stürmer, J., Suárez, J. C., Tabernero, H. M., Tulloch, S. M., Veredas, G., Vico-Linares, J. I., Vilardell, F., Wagner, K., Winkler, J., Wolthoff, V., Yan, F., and Osorio, M. R. Zapatero

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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Statistical analyses from exoplanet surveys around low-mass stars indicate that super-Earth and Neptune-mass planets are more frequent than gas giants around such stars, in agreement with core accretion theory of planet formation. Using precise radial velocities derived from visual and near-infrared spectra, we report the discovery of a giant planet with a minimum mass of 0.46 Jupiter masses in an eccentric 204-day orbit around the very low-mass star GJ 3512. Dynamical models show that the high eccentricity of the orbit is most likely explained from planet-planet interactions. The reported planetary system challenges current formation theories and puts stringent constraints on the accretion and migration rates of planet formation and evolution models, indicating that disc instability may be more efficient in forming planets than previously thought., Comment: Manuscript author version. 41 pages, 11 figures

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2019
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14. The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Two temperate Earth-mass planet candidates around Teegarden's Star

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Zechmeister, M., Dreizler, S., Ribas, I., Reiners, A., Caballero, J. A., Bauer, F. F., Béjar, V. J. S., González-Cuesta, L., Herrero, E., Lalitha, S., López-González, M. J., Luque, R., Morales, J. C., Pallé, E., Rodríguez, E., López, C. Rodríguez, Tal-Or, L., Anglada-Escudé, G., Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., Abril, M., Aceituno, F. J., Aceituno, J., Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Eiff, M. Ammler-von, Jiménez, R. Antona, Anwand-Heerwart, H., Arroyo-Torres, B., Azzaro, M., Baroch, D., Barrado, D., Becerril, S., Benítez, D., Berdiñas, Z. M., Bergond, G., Bluhm, P., Brinkmöller, M., del Burgo, C., Ortega, R. Calvo, Cano, J., Guillén, C. Cardona, Carro, J., Vázquez, M. C. Cárdenas, Casal, E., Casasayas-Barris, N., Casanova, V., Chaturvedi, P., Cifuentes, C., Claret, A., Colomé, J., Cortés-Contreras, M., Czesla, S., Díez-Alonso, E., Dorda, R., Fernández, M., Fernández-Martín, A., Ferro, I. M., Fuhrmeister, B., Fukui, A., Galadí-Enríquez, D., Cava, I. Gallardo, de la Fuente, J. Garcia, Garcia-Piquer, A., Vargas, M. L. García, Gesa, L., Rueda, J. Góngora, González-Álvarez, E., Hernández, J. I. González, González-Peinado, R., Grözinger, U., Guàrdia, J., Guijarro, A., de Guindos, E., Hatzes, A. P., Hauschildt, P. H., Hedrosa, R. P., Helmling, J., Henning, T., Hermelo, I., Arabi, R. Hernández, Castaño, L. Hernández, Otero, F. Hernández, Hintz, D., Huke, P., Huber, A., Jeffers, S. V., Johnson, E. N., de Juan, E., Kaminski, A., Kemmer, J., Kim, M., Klahr, H., Klein, R., Klüter, J., Klutsch, A., Kossakowski, D., Kürster, M., Labarga, F., Lafarga, M., Llamas, M., Lampón, M., Lara, L. M., Launhardt, R., Lázaro, F. J., Lodieu, N., del Fresno, M. López, López-Comazzi, A., López-Puertas, M., Salas, J. F. López, López-Santiago, J., Madinabeitia, H. Magán, Mall, U., Mancini, L., Mandel, H., Marfil, E., Molina, J. A. Marín, Fernández, D. Maroto, Martín, E. L., Martín-Fernández, P., Martín-Ruiz, S., Marvin, C. J., Mirabet, E., Montañés-Rodríguez, P., Montes, D., Moreno-Raya, M. E., Nagel, E., Naranjo, V., Narita, N., Nortmann, L., Nowak, G., Ofir, A., Oshagh, M., Panduro, J., Parviainen, H., Pascual, J., Passegger, V. M., Pavlov, A., Pedraz, S., Pérez-Calpena, A., Medialdea, D. Pérez, Perger, M., Perryman, M. A. C., Rabaza, O., Ballesta, A. Ramón, Rebolo, R., Redondo, P., Reffert, S., Reinhardt, S., Rhode, P., Rix, H. -W., Rodler, F., Trinidad, A. Rodríguez, Rosich, A., Sadegi, S., Sánchez-Blanco, E., Carrasco, M. A. Sánchez, Sánchez-López, A., Sanz-Forcada, J., Sarkis, P., Sarmiento, L. F., Schäfer, S., Schmitt, J. H. M. M., Schöfer, P., Schweitzer, A., Seifert, W., Shulyak, D., Solano, E., Sota, A., Stahl, O., Stock, S., Strachan, J. B. P., Stuber, T., Stürmer, J., Suárez, J. C., Tabernero, H. M., Pinto, M. Tala, Trifonov, T., Veredas, G., Linares, J. I. Vico, Vilardell, F., Wagner, K., Wolthoff, V., Xu, W., Yan, F., and Osorio, M. R. Zapatero

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Context. Teegarden's Star is the brightest and one of the nearest ultra-cool dwarfs in the solar neighbourhood. For its late spectral type (M7.0V), the star shows relatively little activity and is a prime target for near-infrared radial velocity surveys such as CARMENES. Aims. As part of the CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs, we obtained more than 200 radial-velocity measurements of Teegarden's Star and analysed them for planetary signals. Methods. We find periodic variability in the radial velocities of Teegarden's Star. We also studied photometric measurements to rule out stellar brightness variations mimicking planetary signals. Results. We find evidence for two planet candidates, each with $1.1M_\oplus$ minimum mass, orbiting at periods of 4.91 and 11.4 d, respectively. No evidence for planetary transits could be found in archival and follow-up photometry. Small photometric variability is suggestive of slow rotation and old age. Conclusions. The two planets are among the lowest-mass planets discovered so far, and they are the first Earth-mass planets around an ultra-cool dwarf for which the masses have been determined using radial velocities., Comment: A&A 627, A49. 26 pages, 17 figures, 6 tables. Press release available at http://www.astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~zechmeister/teegarden/teegarden.html. v2: two authors and one reference added

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2019
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15. K2-290: a warm Jupiter and a mini-Neptune in a triple-star system

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Hjorth, M., Justesen, A. B., Hirano, T., Albrecht, S., Gandolfi, D., Dai, F., Alonso, R., Barragán, O., Esposito, M., Kuzuhara, M., Lam, K. W. F., Livingston, J. H., Montanes-Rodriguez, P., Narita, N., Nowak, G., Prieto-Arranz, J., Redfield, S., Rodler, F., Van Eylen, V., Winn, J. N., Antoniciello, G., Cabrera, J., Cochran, W. D., Csizmadia, Sz., de Leon, J., Deeg, H., Eigmüller, Ph., Endl, M., Erikson, A., Fridlund, M., Grziwa, S., Guenther, E., Hatzes, A. P., Heeren, P., Hidalgo, D., Korth, J., Luque, R., Nespral, D., Palle, E., Pätzold, M., Persson, C. M., Rauer, H., Smith, A. M. S., and Trifonov, T.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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We report the discovery of two transiting planets orbiting K2-290 (EPIC 249624646), a bright (V=11.11) late F-type star residing in a triple-star system. It was observed during Campaign 15 of the K2 mission, and in order to confirm and characterise the system, follow-up spectroscopy and AO imaging were carried out using the FIES, HARPS, HARPS-N, and IRCS instruments. From AO imaging and Gaia data we identify two M-dwarf companions at a separation of $113 \pm 2$ AU and $2467_{-155}^{+177}$ AU. From radial velocities, K2 photometry, and stellar characterisation of the host star, we find the inner planet to be a mini-Neptune with a radius of $3.06 \pm 0.16 R_{\oplus}$ and an orbital period of $P = 9.2$ days. The radius of the mini-Neptune suggests that the planet is located above the radius valley, and with an incident flux of $F\sim 400 F_{\oplus}$, it lies safely outside the super-Earth desert. The outer warm Jupiter has a mass of $0.774\pm 0.047 M_{\rm J}$ and a radius of $1.006\pm 0.050R_{\rm J}$, and orbits the host star every 48.4 days on an orbit with an eccentricity $e<0.241$. Its mild eccentricity and mini-Neptune sibling suggest that the warm Jupiter originates from in situ formation or disk migration., Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. Updated to accepted version (including K2 name)

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2019
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16. Super-Earth of 8 Mearth in a 2.2-day orbit around the K5V star K2-216

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Persson, C. M., Fridlund, M., Barragán, O., Dai, F., Gandolfi, D., Hatzes, A. P., Hirano, T., Grziwa, S., Korth, J., Prieto-Arranz, J., Fossati, L., Van Eylen, V., Justesen, A. Bo, Livingston, J., Kubyshkina, D., Deeg, H. J., Guenther, E. W., Nowak, G., Eigmüller, J. Cabrera Ph., Csizmadia, Sz, Smith, A. M. S., Erikson, A., Sobrino, S. Albrecht R. Alonso, Cochran, W. D., Endl, M., Esposito, M., Fukui, A., Heeren, P., Hidalgo, D., Hjorth, M., Kuzuhara, M., Narita, N., Nespral, D., Palle, E., Pätzold, M., Rauer, H., Rodler, F., and Winn, J. N.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

The KESPRINT consortium identified K2-216 as a planetary candidate host star in the K2 space mission Campaign 8 field with a transiting super-Earth. The planet has recently been validated as well. Our aim was to confirm the detection and derive the main physical characteristics of K2-216b, including the mass. We performed a series of follow-up observations: high resolution imaging with the FastCam camera at the TCS, the Infrared Camera and Spectrograph at Subaru, and high resolution spectroscopy with HARPS (ESO, La Silla), HARPS-N (TNG), and FIES (NOT). The stellar spectra were analyzed with the SpecMatch-Emp and SME codes to derive the stellar fundamental properties. We analyzed the K2 light curve with the Pyaneti software. The radial-velocity measurements were modelled with both a Gaussian process (GP) regression and the floating chunk offset (FCO) technique to simultaneously model the planetary signal and correlated noise associated with stellar activity. Imaging confirms that K2-216 is a single star. Our analysis discloses that the star is a moderately active K5V star of mass 0.70+/-0.03 Msun and radius 0.72+/-0.03 Rsun. Planet b is found to have a radius of 1.75+0.17-0.10 Rearth and a 2.17-day orbit in agreement with previous results. We find consistent results for the planet mass from both models: 7.4+/-2.2 Mearth from the GP regression, and 8.0+/-1.6 Mearth from the FCO technique, which implies that this planet is a super-Earth. The planet parameters put planet b in the middle of, or just below, the gap of the radius distribution of small planets. The density is consistent with a rocky composition of primarily iron and magnesium silicate. In agreement with theoretical predictions, we find that the planet is a remnant core, stripped of its atmosphere, and is one of the largest planets found that has lost its atmosphere., Comment: 17 pages, 10 figures, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics 28 June 2018

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2018
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17. HD 89345: a bright oscillating star hosting a transiting warm Saturn-sized planet observed by K2

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Van Eylen, V., Dai, F., Mathur, S., Gandolfi, D., Albrecht, S., Fridlund, M., García, R. A., Guenther, E., Hjorth, M., Justesen, A. B., Livingston, J., Lund, M. N., Hernández, F. Pérez, Prieto-Arranz, J., Regulo, C., Bugnet, L., Everett, M. E., Hirano, T., Nespral, D., Nowak, G., Palle, E., Aguirre, V. Silva, Trifonov, T., Winn, J. N., Barragán, O., Beck, P. G., Chaplin, W. J., Cochran, W. D., Csizmadia, S., Deeg, H., Endl, M., Heeren, P., Grziwa, S., Hatzes, A. P., Hidalgo, D., Korth, J., Mathis, S., Rodriguez, P. Montañes, Narita, N., Patzold, M., Persson, C. M., Rodler, F., and Smith, A. M. S.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract

We report the discovery and characterization of HD 89345b (K2-234b; EPIC 248777106b), a Saturn-sized planet orbiting a slightly evolved star. HD 89345 is a bright star ($V = 9.3$ mag) observed by the K2 mission with one-minute time sampling. It exhibits solar-like oscillations. We conducted asteroseismology to determine the parameters of the star, finding the mass and radius to be $1.12^{+0.04}_{-0.01}~M_\odot$ and $1.657^{+0.020}_{-0.004}~R_\odot$, respectively. The star appears to have recently left the main sequence, based on the inferred age, $9.4^{+0.4}_{-1.3}~\mathrm{Gyr}$, and the non-detection of mixed modes. The star hosts a "warm Saturn" ($P = 11.8$~days, $R_p = 6.86 \pm 0.14~R_\oplus$). Radial-velocity follow-up observations performed with the FIES, HARPS, and HARPS-N spectrographs show that the planet has a mass of $35.7 \pm 3.3~M_\oplus$. The data also show that the planet's orbit is eccentric ($e\approx 0.2$). An investigation of the rotational splitting of the oscillation frequencies of the star yields no conclusive evidence on the stellar inclination angle. We further obtained Rossiter-McLaughlin observations, which result in a broad posterior of the stellar obliquity. The planet seems to conform to the same patterns that have been observed for other sub-Saturns regarding planet mass and multiplicity, orbital eccentricity, and stellar metallicity., Comment: Submitted to MNRAS on 23 February 2018, accepted for publication, 4 May 2018

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2018
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18. The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs - HD 147379b: A nearby Neptune in the temperate zone of an early-M dwarf

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Reiners, A., Ribas, I., Zechmeister, M., Caballero, J. A., Trifonov, T., Dreizler, S., Morales, J. C., Tal-Or, L., Lafarga, M., Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., Kaminski, A., Jeffers, S. V., Aceituno, J., Béjar, V. J. S., Guàrdia, J., Guenther, E. W., Hagen, H. -J., Montes, D., Passegger, V. M., Seifert, W., Schweitzer, A., Cortés-Contreras, M., Abril, M., Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Eiff, M. Ammler-von, Antona, R., Anglada-Escudé, G., Anwand-Heerwart, H., Arroyo-Torres, B., Azzaro, M., Baroch, D., Barrado, D., Bauer, F. F., Becerril, S., Benítez, D., Berdiñas, Z. M., Bergond, G., Blümcke, M., Brinkmöller, M., del Burgo, C., Cano, J., Vázquez, M. C. Cárdenas, Casal, E., Cifuentes, C., Claret, A., Colomé, J., Czesla, S., Díez-Alonso, E., Feiz, C., Fernández, M., Ferro, I. M., Fuhrmeister, B., Galadí-Enríquez, D., Garcia-Piquer, A., Vargas, M. L. García, Gesa, L., Galera, V. Gómez, Hernández, J. I. González, González-Peinado, R., Grözinger, U., Grohnert, S., Guijarro, A., de Guindos, E., Gutiérrez-Soto, J., Hatzes, A. P., Hauschildt, P. H., Hedrosa, R. P., Helmling, J., Henning, Th., Hermelo, I., Arabí, R. Hernández, Castaño, L. Hernández, Hernando, F. Hernández, Herrero, E., Huber, A., Huke, P., Johnson, E. N., de Juan, E., Kim, M., Klein, R., Klüter, J., Klutsch, A., Kürster, M., Labarga, F., Lamert, A., Lampón, M., Lara, L. M., Laun, W., Lemke, U., Lenzen, R., Launhardt, R., del Fresno, M. López, López-González, M. J., López-Puertas, M., Salas, J. F. López, López-Santiago, J., Luque, R., Madinabeitia, H. Magán, Mall, U., Mancini, L., Mandel, H., Marfil, E., Molina, J. A. Marín, Fernández, D. Maroto, Martín, E. L., Martín-Ruiz, S., Marvin, C. J., Mathar, R. J., Mirabet, E., Moreno-Raya, M. E., Moya, A., Mundt, R., Nagel, E., Naranjo, V., Nortmann, L., Nowak, G., Ofir, A., Oreiro, R., Pallé, E., Panduro, J., Pascual, J., Pavlov, A., Pedraz, S., Pérez-Calpena, A., Medialdea, D. Pérez, Perger, M., Perryman, M. A. C., Pluto, M., Rabaza, O., Ramón, A., Rebolo, R., Redondo, P., Reffert, S., Reinhart, S., Rhode, P., Rix, H. -W., Rodler, F., Rodríguez, E., Rodríguez-López, C., Trinidad, A. Rodríguez, Rohloff, R. -R., Rosich, A., Sadegi, S., Sánchez-Blanco, E., Carrasco, M. A. Sánchez, Sánchez-López, A., Sanz-Forcada, J., Sarkis, P., Sarmiento, L. F., Schäfer, S., Schmitt, J. H. M. M., Schiller, J., Schöfer, P., Solano, E., Stahl, O., Strachan, J. B. P., Stürmer, J., Suárez, J. C., Tabernero, H. M., Tala, M., Tulloch, S. M., Ulbrich, R. -G., Veredas, G., Linares, J. I. Vico, Vilardell, F., Wagner, K., Winkler, J., Wolthoff, V., Xu, W., Yan, F., and Osorio, M. R. Zapatero

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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We report on the first star discovered to host a planet detected by radial velocity (RV) observations obtained within the CARMENES survey for exoplanets around M dwarfs. HD 147379 ($V = 8.9$ mag, $M = 0.58 \pm 0.08$ M$_{\odot}$), a bright M0.0V star at a distance of 10.7 pc, is found to undergo periodic RV variations with a semi-amplitude of $K = 5.1\pm0.4$ m s$^{-1}$ and a period of $P = 86.54\pm0.06$ d. The RV signal is found in our CARMENES data, which were taken between 2016 and 2017, and is supported by HIRES/Keck observations that were obtained since 2000. The RV variations are interpreted as resulting from a planet of minimum mass $m_{\rm p}\sin{i} = 25 \pm 2$ M$_{\oplus}$, 1.5 times the mass of Neptune, with an orbital semi-major axis $a = 0.32$ au and low eccentricity ($e < 0.13$). HD 147379b is orbiting inside the temperate zone around the star, where water could exist in liquid form. The RV time-series and various spectroscopic indicators show additional hints of variations at an approximate period of 21.1d (and its first harmonic), which we attribute to the rotation period of the star., Comment: accepted for publication as A&A Letter

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2017
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19. The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs: High-resolution optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of 324 survey stars

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Reiners, A., Zechmeister, M., Caballero, J. A., Ribas, I., Morales, J. C., Jeffers, S. V., Schöfer, P., Tal-Or, L., Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., Kaminski, A., Seifert, W., Abril, M., Aceituno, J., Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Eiff, M. Ammler-von, Antona, R., Anglada-Escudé, G., Anwand-Heerwart, H., Arroyo-Torres, B., Azzaro, M., Baroch, D., Barrado, D., Bauer, F. F., Becerril, S., Béjar, V. J. S., Benítez, D., Berdiñas, Z. M., Bergond, G., Blümcke, M., Brinkmöller, M., del Burgo, C., Cano, J., Vázquez, M. C. Cárdenas, Casal, E., Cifuentes, C., Claret, A., Colomé, J., Cortés-Contreras, M., Czesla, S., Díez-Alonso, E., Dreizler, S., Feiz, C., Fernández, M., Ferro, I. M., Fuhrmeister, B., Galadí-Enríquez, D., Garcia-Piquer, A., Vargas, M. L. García, Gesa, L., Gómez, V., Galera, Hernández, J. I. González, González-Peinado, R., Grözinger, U., Grohnert, S., Guàrdia, J., Guenther, E. W., Guijarro, A., de Guindos, E., Gutiérrez-Soto, J., Hagen, H. -J., Hatzes, A. P., Hauschildt, P. H., Hedrosa, R. P., Helmling, J., Henning, Th., Hermelo, I., Arabí, R. Hernández, Castaño, L. Hernández, Hernando, F. Hernández, Herrero, E., Huber, A., Huke, P., Johnson, E., de Juan, E., Kim, M., Klein, R., Klüter, J., Klutsch, A., Kürster, M., Lafarga, M., Lamert, A., Lampón, M., Lara, L. M., Laun, W., Lemke, U., Lenzen, R., Launhardt, R., del Fresno, M. López, López-González, J., López-Puertas, M., Salas, J. F. López, López-Santiago, J., Luque, R., Madinabeitia, H. Magán, Mall, U., Mancini, L., Mandel, H., Marfil, E., Molina, J. A. Marín, Maroto, D., Fernández, Martín, E. L., Martín-Ruiz, S., Marvin, C. J., Mathar, R. J., Mirabet, E., Montes, D., Moreno-Raya, M. E., Moya, A., Mundt, R., Nagel, E., Naranjo, V., Nortmann, L., Nowak, G., Ofir, A., Oreiro, R., Pallé, E., Panduro, J., Pascual, J., Passegger, V. M., Pavlov, A., Pedraz, S., Pérez-Calpena, A., Medialdea, D. Pérez, Perger, M., Perryman, M. A. C., Pluto, M., Rabaza, O., Ramón, A., Rebolo, R., Redondo, P., Reffert, S., Reinhart, S., Rhode, P., Rix, H. -W., Rodler, F., Rodríguez, E., Rodríguez-López, C., Trinidad, A. Rodríguez, Rohloff, R. -R., Rosich, A., Sadegi, S., Sánchez-Blanco, E., Carrasco, M. A. Sánchez, Sánchez-López, A., Sanz-Forcada, J., Sarkis, P., Sarmiento, L. F., Schäfer, S., Schmitt, J. H. M. M., Schiller, J., Schweitzer, A., Solano, E., Stahl, O., Strachan, J. B. P., Stürmer, J., Suárez, J. C., Tabernero, H. M., Tala, M., Trifonov, T., Tulloch, S. M., Ulbrich, R. G., Veredas, G., Linares, J. I. Vico, Vilardell, F., Wagner, K., Winkler, J., Wolthoff, V., Xu, W., Yan, F., and Osorio, M. R. Zapatero

Subjects
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

The CARMENES radial velocity (RV) survey is observing 324 M dwarfs to search for any orbiting planets. In this paper, we present the survey sample by publishing one CARMENES spectrum for each M dwarf. These spectra cover the wavelength range 520--1710nm at a resolution of at least $R > 80,000$, and we measure its RV, H$\alpha$ emission, and projected rotation velocity. We present an atlas of high-resolution M-dwarf spectra and compare the spectra to atmospheric models. To quantify the RV precision that can be achieved in low-mass stars over the CARMENES wavelength range, we analyze our empirical information on the RV precision from more than 6500 observations. We compare our high-resolution M-dwarf spectra to atmospheric models where we determine the spectroscopic RV information content, $Q$, and signal-to-noise ratio. We find that for all M-type dwarfs, the highest RV precision can be reached in the wavelength range 700--900nm. Observations at longer wavelengths are equally precise only at the very latest spectral types (M8 and M9). We demonstrate that in this spectroscopic range, the large amount of absorption features compensates for the intrinsic faintness of an M7 star. To reach an RV precision of 1ms$^{-1}$ in very low mass M dwarfs at longer wavelengths likely requires the use of a 10m class telescope. For spectral types M6 and earlier, the combination of a red visual and a near-infrared spectrograph is ideal to search for low-mass planets and to distinguish between planets and stellar variability. At a 4m class telescope, an instrument like CARMENES has the potential to push the RV precision well below the typical jitter level of 3-4ms$^{-1}$., Comment: accepted for publication in A&A, 13 pages plus 40 pages spectral atlas, first 10 atlas pages are reduced in quality to fit arXiv size limit; one CARMENES spectrum for each of the 324 stars is published in electronic format at http://carmenes.cab.inta-csic.es/

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2017
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20. The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. First visual-channel radial-velocity measurements and orbital parameter updates of seven M-dwarf planetary systems

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Trifonov, T., Kürster, M., Zechmeister, M., Tal-Or, L., Caballero, J. A., Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., Ribas, I., Reiners, A., Reffert, S., Dreizler, S., Hatzes, A. P., Kaminski, A., Launhardt, R., Henning, Th., Montes, D., Béjar, V. J. S., Mundt, R., Pavlov, A., Schmitt, J. H. M. M., Seifert, W., Morales, J. C., Nowak, G., Jeffers, S. V., Rodríguez-López, C., del Burgo, C., Anglada-Escudé, G., López-Santiago, J., Mathar, R. J., Eiff, M. Ammler-von, Guenther, E. W., Barrado, D., Hernández, J. I. González, Mancini, L., Stürmer, J., Abril, M., Aceituno, J., Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Antona, R., Anwand-Heerwart, H., Arroyo-Torres, B., Azzaro, M., Baroch, D., Bauer, F. F., Becerril, S., Benítez, D., Berdiñas, Z. M., Bergond, G., Blümcke, M., Brinkmöller, M., Cano, J., Vázquez, M. C. Cárdenas, Casal, E., Cifuentes, C., Claret, A., Colomé, J., Cortés-Contreras, M., Czesla, S., Díez-Alonso, E., Feiz, C., Fernández, M., Ferro, I. M., Fuhrmeister, B., Galadí-Enríquez, D., Garcia-Piquer, A., Vargas, M. L. García, Gesa, L., Galera, V. Gómez, González-Peinado, R., Grözinger, U., Grohnert, S., Guàrdia, J., Guijarro, A., de Guindos, E., Gutiérrez-Soto, J., Hagen, H. -J., Hauschildt, P. H., Hedrosa, R. P., Helmling, J., Hermelo, I., Arabí, R. Hernández, Castaño, L. Hernández, Hernando, F. Hernández, Herrero, E., Huber, A., Huke, P., Johnson, E., de Juan, E., Kim, M., Klein, R., Klüter, J., Klutsch, A., Lafarga, M., Lampón, M., Lara, L. M., Laun, W., Lemke, U., Lenzen, R., del Fresno, M. López, López-González, J., López-Puertas, M., Salas, J. F. López, Luque, R., Madinabeitia, H. Magán, Mall, U., Mandel, H., Marfil, E., Molina, J. A. Marín, Fernández, D. Maroto, Martín, E. L., Martín-Ruiz, S., Marvin, C. J., Mirabet, E., Moya, A., Moreno-Raya, M. E., Nagel, E., Naranjo, V., Nortmann, L., Ofir, A., Oreiro, R., Pallé, E., Panduro, J., Pascual, J., Passegger, V. M., Pedraz, S., Pérez-Calpena, A., Medialdea, D. Pérez, Perger, M., Perryman, M. A. C., Pluto, M., Rabaza, O., Ramón, A., Rebolo, R., Redondo, P., Reinhardt, S., Rhode, P., Rix, H. -W., Rodler, F., Rodríguez, E., Trinidad, A. Rodríguez, Rohloff, R. -R., Rosich, A., Sadegi, S., Sánchez-Blanco, E., Carrasco, M. A. Sánchez, Sánchez-López, A., Sanz-Forcada, J., Sarkis, P., Sarmiento, L. F., Schäfer, S., Schiller, J., Schöfer, P., Schweitzer, A., Solano, E., Stahl, O., Strachan, J. B. P., Suárez, J. C., Tabernero, H. M., Tala, M., Tulloch, S. M., Veredas, G., Linares, J. I. Vico, Vilardell, F., Wagner, K., Winkler, J., Wolthoff, V., Xu, W., Yan, F., and Osorio, M. R. Zapatero

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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Context: The main goal of the CARMENES survey is to find Earth-mass planets around nearby M-dwarf stars. Seven M-dwarfs included in the CARMENES sample had been observed before with HIRES and HARPS and either were reported to have one short period planetary companion (GJ15A, GJ176, GJ436, GJ536 and GJ1148) or are multiple planetary systems (GJ581 and GJ876). Aims: We aim to report new precise optical radial velocity measurements for these planet hosts and test the overall capabilities of CARMENES. Methods: We combined our CARMENES precise Doppler measurements with those available from HIRES and HARPS and derived new orbital parameters for the systems. Bona-fide single planet systems are fitted with a Keplerian model. The multiple planet systems were analyzed using a self-consistent dynamical model and their best fit orbits were tested for long-term stability. Results: We confirm or provide supportive arguments for planets around all the investigated stars except for GJ15A, for which we find that the post-discovery HIRES data and our CARMENES data do not show a signal at 11.4 days. Although we cannot confirm the super-Earth planet GJ15Ab, we show evidence for a possible long-period ($P_{\rm c}$ = 7025$_{-629}^{+972}$ d) Saturn-mass ($m_{\rm c} \sin i$ = 51.8$_{-5.8}^{+5.5}M_\oplus$) planet around GJ15A. In addition, based on our CARMENES and HIRES data we discover a second planet around GJ1148, for which we estimate a period $P_{\rm c}$ = 532.6$_{-2.5}^{+4.1}$ d, eccentricity $e_{\rm c}$ = 0.34$_{-0.06}^{+0.05}$ and minimum mass $m_{\rm c} \sin i$ = 68.1$_{-2.2}^{+4.9}M_\oplus$. Conclusions: The CARMENES optical radial velocities have similar precision and overall scatter when compared to the Doppler measurements conducted with HARPS and HIRES. We conclude that CARMENES is an instrument that is up to the challenge of discovering rocky planets around low-mass stars., Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A, 24 pages, 16 figures, 14 tables

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2017
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21. Three planets around HD 27894. A close-in pair with a 2:1 period ratio and an eccentric Jovian planet at 5.4 AU

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Trifonov, T., Kürster, M., Zechmeister, M., Zakhozhay, O. V., Reffert, S., Lee, M. H., Rodler, F., Vogt, S. S., and Brems, S. S.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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Aims. Our new program with HARPS aims to detect mean motion resonant planetary systems around stars which were previously reported to have a single bona fide planet, often based only on sparse radial velocity data. Methods. Archival and new HARPS radial velocities for the K2V star HD 27894 were combined and fitted with a three-planet self-consistent dynamical model. The best-fit orbit was tested for long-term stability. Results. We find clear evidence that HD 27894 is hosting at least three massive planets. In addition to the already known Jovian planet with a period $P_{\rm b}$ $\approx$ 18 days we discover a Saturn-mass planet with $P_{\rm c}$ $\approx$ 36 days, likely in a 2:1 mean motion resonance with the first planet, and a cold massive planet ($\approx$ 5.3 $M_{\mathrm{Jup}}$) with a period $P_{\rm d}$ $\approx$ 5170 days on a moderately eccentric orbit ($e_{\rm d}$ = 0.39). Conclusions. HD 27894 is hosting a massive, eccentric giant planet orbiting around a tightly packed inner pair of massive planets likely involved in an asymmetric 2:1 mean motion resonance. HD 27894 may be an important milestone for probing planetary formation and evolution scenarios., Comment: 4 pages, 2 tables, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A Letters to the Editor

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2017
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22. The EChO science case

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Tinetti, Giovanna, Drossart, Pierre, Eccleston, Paul, Hartogh, Paul, Isaak, Kate, Linder, Martin, Lovis, Christophe, Micela, Giusi, Ollivier, Marc, Puig, Ludovic, Ribas, Ignasi, Snellen, Ignas, Allard, Bruce Swinyard. France, Barstow, Joanna, Cho, James, Coustenis, Athena, Cockell, Charles, Correia, Alexandre, Decin, Leen, de Kok, Remco, Deroo, Pieter, Encrenaz, Therese, Forget, Francois, Glasse, Alistair, Griffith, Caitlin, Guillot, Tristan, Koskinen, Tommi, Lammer, Helmut, Leconte, Jeremy, Maxted, Pierre, Mueller-Wodarg, Ingo, Nelson, Richard, North, Chris, Pallé, Enric, Pagano, Isabella, Piccioni, Guseppe, Pinfield, David, Selsis, Franck, Sozzetti, Alessandro, Stixrude, Lars, Tennyson, Jonathan, Turrini, Diego, Beaulieu, Mariarosa Zapatero-Osorio. Jean-Philippe, Grodent, Denis, Guedel, Manuel, Luz, David, Nørgaard-Nielsen, Hans Ulrik, Ray, Tom, Rickman, Hans, Selig, Avri, Banaszkiewicz, Mark Swain. Marek, Barlow, Mike, Bowles, Neil, Branduardi-Raymont, Graziella, Foresto, Vincent Coudé du, Gerard, Jean-Claude, Gizon, Laurent, Hornstrup, Allan, Jarchow, Christopher, Kerschbaum, Franz, Kovacs, Géza, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Lim, Tanya, Lopez-Morales, Mercedes, Malaguti, Giuseppe, Pace, Emanuele, Pascale, Enzo, Vandenbussche, Bart, Wright, Gillian, Adriani, Gonzalo Ramos Zapata. Alberto, Azzollini, Ruymán, Balado, Ana, Bryson, Ian, Burston, Raymond, Colomé, Josep, Crook, Martin, Di Giorgio, Anna, Griffin, Matt, Hoogeveen, Ruud, Ottensamer, Roland, Irshad, Ranah, Middleton, Kevin, Morgante, Gianluca, Pinsard, Frederic, Rataj, Mirek, Reess, Jean-Michel, Savini, Giorgio, Schrader, Jan-Rutger, Stamper, Richard, Abe, Berend Winter. L., Abreu, M., Achilleos, N., Ade, P., Adybekian, V., Affer, L., Agnor, C., Agundez, M., Alard, C., Alcala, J., Prieto, C. Allende, Floriano, F. J. Alonso, Altieri, F., Iglesias, C. A. Alvarez, Amado, P., Andersen, A., Aylward, A., Baffa, C., Bakos, G., Ballerini, P., Banaszkiewicz, M., Barber, R. J., Barrado, D., Barton, E. J., Batista, V., Bellucci, G., Avilés, J. A. Belmonte, Berry, D., Bézard, B., Biondi, D., Błęcka, M., Boisse, I., Bonfond, B., Bordé, P., Börner, P., Bouy, H., Brown, L., Buchhave, L., Budaj, J., Bulgarelli, A., Burleigh, M., Cabral, A., Capria, M. T., Cassan, A., Cavarroc, C., Cecchi-Pestellini, C., Cerulli, R., Chadney, J., Chamberlain, S., Charnoz, S., Jessen, N. Christian, Ciaravella, A., Claret, A., Claudi, R., Coates, A., Cole, R., Collura, A., Cordier, D., Covino, E., Danielski, C., Damasso, M., Deeg, H. J., Delgado-Mena, E., Del Vecchio, C., Demangeon, O., De Sio, A., De Wit, J., Dobrijévic, M., Doel, P., Dominic, C., Dorfi, E., Eales, S., Eiroa, C., Contreras, M. Espinoza, Esposito, M., Eymet, V., Fabrizio, N., Fernández, M., Castella, B. Femenía, Figueira, P., Filacchione, G., Fletcher, L., Focardi, M., Fossey, S., Fouqué, P., Frith, J., Galand, M., Gambicorti, L., Gaulme, P., López, R. J. García, Garcia-Piquer, A., Gear, W., Gerard, J. -C., Gesa, L., Giani, E., Gianotti, F., Gillon, M., Giro, E., Giuranna, M., Gomez, H., Gomez-Leal, I., Hernandez, J. Gonzalez, Merino, B. González, Graczyk, R., Grassi, D., Guardia, J., Guio, P., Gustin, J., Hargrave, P., Haigh, J., Hébrard, E., Heiter, U., Heredero, R. L., Herrero, E., Hersant, F., Heyrovsky, D., Hollis, M., Hubert, B., Hueso, R., Israelian, G., Iro, N., Irwin, P., Jacquemoud, S., Jones, G., Jones, H., Justtanont, K., Kehoe, T., Kerschbaum, F., Kerins, E., Kervella, P., Kipping, D., Koskinen, T., Krupp, N., Lahav, O., Laken, B., Lanza, N., Lellouch, E., Leto, G., Goldaracena, J. Licandro, Lithgow-Bertelloni, C., Liu, S. J., Cicero, U. Lo, Lodieu, N., Lognonné, P., Lopez-Puertas, M., Lopez-Valverde, M. A., Rasmussen, I. Lundgaard, Luntzer, A., Machado, P., MacTavish, C., Maggio, A., Maillard, J. -P., Magnes, W., Maldonado, J., Mall, U., Marquette, J. -B., Mauskopf, P., Massi, F., Maurin, A. -S., Medvedev, A., Michaut, C., Miles-Paez, P., Montalto, M., Rodríguez, P. Montañés, Monteiro, M., Montes, D., Morais, H., Morales, J. C., Morales-Calderón, M., Morello, G., Martín, A. Moro, Moses, J., Bedon, A. Moya, Alcaino, F. Murgas, Oliva, E., Orton, G., Palla, F., Pancrazzi, M., Pantin, E., Parmentier, V., Parviainen, H., Ramírez, K. Y. Peña, Peralta, J., Perez-Hoyos, S., Petrov, R., Pezzuto, S., Pietrzak, R., Pilat-Lohinger, E., Piskunov, N., Prinja, R., Prisinzano, L., Polichtchouk, I., Poretti, E., Radioti, A., Ramos, A. A., Rank-Lüftinger, T., Read, P., Readorn, K., López, R. Rebolo, Rebordão, J., Rengel, M., Rezac, L., Rocchetto, M., Rodler, F., Béjar, V. J. Sánchez, Lavega, A. Sanchez, Sanromá, E., Santos, N., Forcada, J. Sanz, Scandariato, G., Schmider, F. -X., Scholz, A., Scuderi, S., Sethenadh, J., Shore, S., Showman, A., Sicardy, B., Sitek, P., Smith, A., Soret, L., Sousa, S., Stiepen, A., Stolarski, M., Strazzulla, G., Tabernero, H. M, Tanga, P., Tecsa, M., Temple, J., Terenzi, L., Tessenyi, M., Testi, L., Thompson, S., Thrastarson, H., Tingley, B. W., Trifoglio, M., Torres, J. Martín, Tozzi, A., Turrini, D., Varley, R., Vakili, F., de Val-Borro, M., Valdivieso, M. L., Venot, O., Villaver, E., Vinatier, S., Viti, S., Waldmann, I., Waltham, D., Ward-Thompson, D., Waters, R., Watkins, C., Watson, D., Wawer, P., Wawrzaszk, A., White, G., Widemann, T., Winek, W., Wiśniowski, T., Yelle, R., Yung, Y., and Yurchenko, S. N.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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The discovery of almost 2000 exoplanets has revealed an unexpectedly diverse planet population. Observations to date have shown that our Solar System is certainly not representative of the general population of planets in our Milky Way. The key science questions that urgently need addressing are therefore: What are exoplanets made of? Why are planets as they are? What causes the exceptional diversity observed as compared to the Solar System? EChO (Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory) has been designed as a dedicated survey mission for transit and eclipse spectroscopy capable of observing a large and diverse planet sample within its four-year mission lifetime. EChO can target the atmospheres of super-Earths, Neptune-like, and Jupiter-like planets, in the very hot to temperate zones (planet temperatures of 300K-3000K) of F to M-type host stars. Over the next ten years, several new ground- and space-based transit surveys will come on-line (e.g. NGTS, CHEOPS, TESS, PLATO), which will specifically focus on finding bright, nearby systems. The current rapid rate of discovery would allow the target list to be further optimised in the years prior to EChO's launch and enable the atmospheric characterisation of hundreds of planets. Placing the satellite at L2 provides a cold and stable thermal environment, as well as a large field of regard to allow efficient time-critical observation of targets randomly distributed over the sky. A 1m class telescope is sufficiently large to achieve the necessary spectro-photometric precision. The spectral coverage (0.5-11 micron, goal 16 micron) and SNR to be achieved by EChO, thanks to its high stability and dedicated design, would enable a very accurate measurement of the atmospheric composition and structure of hundreds of exoplanets., Comment: 50 pages, 30 figures. Experimental Astronomy

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2015
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23. The EBLM project. II. A very hot, low-mass M dwarf in an eccentric and long period eclipsing binary system from SuperWASP

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Chew, Y. Gómez Maqueo, Morales, J. C., Faedi, F., García-Melendo, E., Hebb, L., Rodler, F., Deshpande, R., Mahadevan, S., McCormac, J., Barnes, R., Triaud, A. H. M. J., López-Morales, M., Skillen, I., Cameron, A. Collier, Joner, M. D., Laney, C. D., Stephens, D. C., Stassun, K. G., and Montañés-Rodríguez, P.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

In this paper, we derive the fundamental properties of 1SWASPJ011351.29+314909.7 (J0113+31), a metal-poor (-0.40 +/- 0.04 dex), eclipsing binary in an eccentric orbit (~0.3) with an orbital period of ~14.277 d. Eclipsing M dwarfs orbiting solar-type stars (EBLMs), like J0113+31, have been identified from WASP light curves and follow-up spectroscopy in the course of the transiting planet search. We present the first binary of the EBLM sample to be fully analysed, and thus, define here the methodology. The primary component with a mass of 0.945 +/- 0.045 Msun has a large radius (1.378 +/- 0.058 Rsun) indicating that the system is quite old, ~9.5 Gyr. The M-dwarf secondary mass of 0.186 +/- 0.010 Msun and radius of 0.209 +/- 0.011 Rsun are fully consistent with stellar evolutionary models. However, from the near-infrared secondary eclipse light curve, the M dwarf is found to have an effective temperature of 3922 +/- 42 K, which is ~600 K hotter than predicted by theoretical models. We discuss different scenarios to explain this temperature discrepancy. The case of J0113+31 for which we can measure mass, radius, temperature and metallicity, highlights the importance of deriving mass, radius and temperature as a function of metallicity for M dwarfs to better understand the lowest mass stars. The EBLM Project will define the relationship between mass, radius, temperature and metallicity for M dwarfs providing important empirical constraints at the bottom of the main sequence., Comment: 13 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A

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2014
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24. A Planet of an A-Star: HD15082b

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Guenther, E. W., Cameron, A. C., Smalley, B., Rodler, F., and Rebolo, R.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Most of the known transiting extrasolar planets orbit slowly rotating F, G or K stars. In here we report on the detection of a transiting planet orbiting the bright, rapidly rotating A5 star HD15082 (WASP-33b, V=8.3, m sin i = 86 km s-1), recently made by SuperWASP. Time resolved spectroscopic observations taken during transit show a hump caused by the planet crossing the line profile. From the analysis of the spectra, we derive the radius of the planet and find that it is orbiting retrograde in respect to the spin of the star. Because of its small distance from an A5 star (the orbital period of only 1.22 days), the equilibrium temperature of the planet is estimated to be 2700 K. The planet thus is one of the hottest planets known, which makes it relatively easy to detect it in the IR. We thus tried to detect it using the TNG but did not succeed., Comment: Part of PlanetsbeyondMS/2010 proceedings http://arxiv.org/html/1011.6606

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2011
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25. Astrometric search for a planet around VB 10

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Lazorenko, P. F., Sahlmann, J., Segransan, D., Figueira, P., Lovis, C., Martin, E., Mayor, M., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Rodler, F., Santos, N., and Udry, S.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

We observed VB 10 in August and September 2009 using the FORS2 camera of the VLT with the aim of measuring its astrometric motion and of probing the presence of the announced planet VB 10b. We used the published STEPS astrometric positions of VB 10 over a time-span of 9 years, which allowed us to compare the expected motion of VB 10 due to parallax and proper motion with the observed motion and to compute precise deviations. The achieved single-epoch precisions of our observations are about 0.1 mas and the data showed no significant residual trend, while the presence of the planet should have induced an apparent proper motion larger than 10 mas/yr. Subtraction of the predicted orbital motion from the observed data produces a large trend in position residuals of VB 10. We estimated the probability that this trend is caused by random noise. Taking all the uncertainties into account and using Monte-Carlo resampling of the data, we are able to reject the existence of VB 10b with the announced mass of 6.4 M_J with the false alarm probability of only 0.0005. A 3.2 M_J planet is also rejected with a false alarm probability of 0.023., Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in A&A

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2010
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26. The EChO science case

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Tinetti, G., Drossart, P., Eccleston, P., Hartogh, P., Isaak, K., Linder, M., Lovis, C., Micela, G., Olliver, M., Puig, L., Ribas, I., De Sio, A., Frith, J., Justtanot, K., Showman, A., Alard, C., Yurchenko, S. N., Parviainen, H., Fouqué, P., Oliva, E., Bordé, P., Balado, A., Varley, R., Di Giorgio, A., Griffin, M., Maillard, J. P., Maggio, A., Lellouch, E., Strazzulla, G., Villaver, E., Griffith, C., Stamper, R., Amado, P. J., Rezac, L., Laken, B., Hargrave, P., Orton, G., Thompson, S., Morales, J. C., Wright, G., Massi, F., Lundgaard Rasmussen, I., Altieri, F., Covino, E., Coustenis, A., Moses, J., Lithgow Bertelloni, C., Demangeon, O., Fletcher, L., Morales Calderón, M., Lo Cicero, U., López Puertas, M., Capria, M. T., Danielski, C., Luntzer, A., Bulgarelli, A., González Hernández, J., Jacquemoud, S., MacTavish, C., Mall, U., Christian Jessen, N., Sanromá, E., Femenía Castella, B., Rocchetto, M., Miles Paez, P., Allard, F., Aylward, A., Leconte, J., Palla, F., White, G., Malaguti, G., Cavarroc, C., Lammer, H., Leto, G., Batista, V., Adybekian, V., Readorn, K., Polichtchouk, I., Petrov, R., García Piquer, A., Pancrazzi, M., Gómez Leal, I., Israelian, G., Rebolo López, R., Peralta, J., Giro, E., Tecsa, M., Haigh, J., Moro Martín, A., Pezzuto, S., Piskunov, N., Agnor, C., Hollis, M., Radioti, A., De Kok, R., Gear, W., Eymet, V., Achilleos, N., Koskinen, T., Maurin, A. S., Rank Lüftinger, T., Barlow, M., Figueira, P., Affer, L., Viti, S., Machado, P., Vakili, F., Burston, R., González Merino, B., Dominic, C., Dorfi, E., Smith, A., Sitek, P., Sánchez Lavega, A., Kerschbaum, F., Hoogeeven, R., Ballerini, P., Filacchione, G., Rodler, F., Stixrude, L., Parmentier, V., Del Val Borro, M., Vandenbussche, B., Tingley, B. W., Deeg, H. J., Tabernero, H. M., Shore, S., Fossey, S., Alonso Floriano, F. J., Santos, N., Tozzi, A., Kipping, D., Maruquette, J. B., Trifoglio, M., Scandaratio, G., Scuderi, S., Hébrard, E., Lodieu, N., Forget, F., Gustin, J., Poretti, E., Murgas Alcaino, F., Sicardy, B., Stiepen, A., Hubert, B., Grodent, D., Magnes, W., Tennyson, J., Temple, J., Galand, M., Barton, E. J., Winter, B., Valdivieso, M. L., Cordier, D., Heredero, R. L., Barrado, D., Mueller Wodarg, I., Giani, E., Correira, A., Widemann, T., Ward Thompson, D., Montañés Rodríguez, P., Moya Bedon, A., Venot, O., Prinja, R., Pinfield, D., Waldmann, I., Morello, G., Lim, T., Pallé, E., Waters, R., Wawer, P., Lognonné, P., Pietrzak, R., Fernández Hernández, Maite, Winek, W., Andersen, A., Monteiro, M., Liu, S. J., Rengel, M., Tanga, P., Yelle, R., Barstow, J. K., Maldonado, J., Irshad, R., Nelson, R., Colomé, J., De Witt, J., Lanza, N., Glasse, A., Coudé du Foresto, V., Branduardi Raymont, G., Beaulieu, J. P., Claudi, R., García López, Ramón, Eales, S., López Valverde, M. A., Turrini, D., Vinatier, S., Crook, J., Damasso, M., Ramos Zapata, G., Kovács, G., Banaszkiewicz, M., Focardi, M., Mauskopf, P., Guedel, M., Rebordao, J., Stolarski, M., Adriani, A., Norgaard Nielsen, H. U., Selig, A., Peña Ramírez, K. Y., Schmider, F. X., Baffa, C., Piccioni, G., Pantin, E., Bowles, N., Hornstrup, A., Pilat Lohinger, E., Buchhave, L. 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Astrofísica, Solar System, Computer science, [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], HOT-JUPITER ATMOSPHERES, 7. Clean energy, Space missions, law.invention, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Planet, law, Observatory, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Transit (astronomy), Atmospheric science, Exoplanets, IR astronomy, Spectroscopy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, QC, QB, Eclipse, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), education.field_of_study, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], [ SDU.ASTR.EP ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], Exoplanet, GIANT PLANETS, Physical Sciences, ENERGY-BALANCE, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Population, MU-M, FOS: Physical sciences, F500, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Telescope, INFRARED-EMISSION-SPECTRUM, education, [ SDU.ASTR ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], EXTRASOLAR PLANET ATMOSPHERE, Science & Technology, Astronomy, EXOPLANET HD 189733B, HUBBLE-SPACE-TELESCOPE, Astronomía, TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY, 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, 13. Climate action, WATER-VAPOR, astro-ph.EP, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

The discovery of almost 2000 exoplanets has revealed an unexpectedly diverse planet population. Observations to date have shown that our Solar System is certainly not representative of the general population of planets in our Milky Way. The key science questions that urgently need addressing are therefore: What are exoplanets made of? Why are planets as they are? What causes the exceptional diversity observed as compared to the Solar System? EChO (Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory) has been designed as a dedicated survey mission for transit and eclipse spectroscopy capable of observing a large and diverse planet sample within its four-year mission lifetime. EChO can target the atmospheres of super-Earths, Neptune-like, and Jupiter-like planets, in the very hot to temperate zones (planet temperatures of 300K-3000K) of F to M-type host stars. Over the next ten years, several new ground- and space-based transit surveys will come on-line (e.g. NGTS, CHEOPS, TESS, PLATO), which will specifically focus on finding bright, nearby systems. The current rapid rate of discovery would allow the target list to be further optimised in the years prior to EChO's launch and enable the atmospheric characterisation of hundreds of planets. Placing the satellite at L2 provides a cold and stable thermal environment, as well as a large field of regard to allow efficient time-critical observation of targets randomly distributed over the sky. A 1m class telescope is sufficiently large to achieve the necessary spectro-photometric precision. The spectral coverage (0.5-11 micron, goal 16 micron) and SNR to be achieved by EChO, thanks to its high stability and dedicated design, would enable a very accurate measurement of the atmospheric composition and structure of hundreds of exoplanets., Comment: 50 pages, 30 figures. Experimental Astronomy

Published
2015

27. A giant exoplanet orbiting a very-low-mass star challenges planet formation models

Author

Jesus M. Carro, A. Guijarro, F. Hernández Otero, Javier López-Santiago, E. Mirabet, Eduardo L. Martín, Hugo M. Tabernero, H. Martínez-Rodríguez, Antonio Claret, Martin Kürster, Florian Rodler, Birgit Fuhrmeister, M. Llamas, Z. M. Berdiñas, Thomas Henning, A. Rosich, Otmar Stahl, Guillem Anglada-Escudé, Luigi Mancini, E. W. Guenther, P. Huke, L. González-Cuesta, Ralf Launhardt, F. F. Bauer, Ignasi Ribas, D. Baroch, E. N. Johnson, M. Lafarga, Grzegorz Nowak, Priyanka Chaturvedi, M. Ammler-von Eiff, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, V. Wolthoff, E. Rodriguez, L. F. Sarmiento, E. Sánchez-Blanco, Luisa Lara, C. del Burgo, M. López del Fresno, Artie P. Hatzes, S. Lalitha, M. Kehr, Simon Tulloch, F. J. Lázaro, D. Montes, J. Klüter, Melvyn B. Davies, F. J. Aceituno, S. Martin-Ruiz, R. González-Peinado, Juan Luis Cano, Francesc Vilardell, Aviv Ofir, F. J. Abellán, J. Colomé, C. Cardona Guillén, Mathias Zechmeister, Urs Mall, D. Hintz, Richard P. Nelson, I. M. Ferro, V. M. Passegger, M. Cortés-Contreras, P. Martín-Fernández, M. Brinkmöller, Evangelos Nagel, Michael Perryman, Ovidio Rabaza, Jose Antonio Pascual, A. Kaminski, M. Perger, Gilles Bergond, D. Pérez Medialdea, Remo Burn, J. I. González Hernández, B. Arroyo-Torres, Rafael Luque, Martin Schlecker, Armin Huber, A. Fernández-Martín, M. J. López-González, S. Sabotta, G. Veredas, A. Ramón Ballesta, E. González-Álvarez, Fei Yan, Holger Mandel, J. Kemmer, J. I. Vico-Linares, S. Becerril-Jarque, Jorge Sanz-Forcada, Paula Sarkis, R. P. Hedrosa, Rafael Rebolo, J. Stürmer, A. Sánchez-López, Trifon Trifonov, F. Labarga, Jürgen H. M. M. Schmitt, Núria Casasayas-Barris, Alexandre Emsenhuber, Sebastian Schafer, J. A. Marín Molina, Alexander J. Mustill, Anders Johansen, H. Magán Madinabeitia, Hubert Klahr, F. J. Alonso-Floriano, S. V. Jeffers, I. Gallardo Cava, E. de Juan, Andreas Schweitzer, Peter H. Hauschildt, Ricardo Dorda, P. Redondo, M. Azzaro, M. Salz, M. Abril, Juan Carlos Suárez, Hans-Walter Rix, Carlos Cifuentes, Walter Seifert, M. L. García Vargas, Pedro J. Amado, J. Winkler, R. Hernández Arabí, S. Sadegi, I. Hermelo, A. Rodríguez Trinidad, G. Holgado, Karl Wagner, Vianak Naranjo, S. Czesla, M. Kim, D. Benítez, Sabine Reffert, A. Pavlov, Lluis Gesa, Nicolas Lodieu, Lisa Nortmann, D. Galadí-Enríquez, A. Moya, Andreas Quirrenbach, Jose A. Caballero, J. Aceituno, Enrique Herrero, Juan Carlos Morales, E. Casal, Emilio Marfil, Enrique Solano, Diana Kossakowski, E. Díez-Alonso, J.-L. Lizon, J. F. López Salas, M. Lampón, M. C. Cárdenas, P. Schöfer, Ansgar Reiners, R. Calvo-Ortega, T. Stuber, R. Antona, A. Garcia-Piquer, Lev Tal-Or, N. Labiche, Alfredo Sota, Ana Pérez-Calpena, David Barrado, Enric Palle, Stefan Dreizler, Cristina Rodríguez-López, Víctor J. S. Béjar, S. Stock, M. Fernandez, Chris Mordasini, E. de Guindos, S. Pedraz, H.-J. Hagen, Jaime Guardia, A. Klutsch, M. A. Sánchez Carrasco, Christopher Marvin, V. 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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Gas giant, 530 Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Minimum mass, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, Multidisciplinary, 520 Astronomy, Giant planet, Astronomy, Planetary system, 620 Engineering, Accretion (astrophysics), Exoplanet, Orbit, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 13. Climate action, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Surveys have shown that super-Earth and Neptune-mass exoplanets are more frequent than gas giants around low-mass stars, as predicted by the core accretion theory of planet formation. We report the discovery of a giant planet around the very-low-mass star GJ 3512, as determined by optical and near-infrared radial-velocity observations. The planet has a minimum mass of 0.46 Jupiter masses, very high for such a small host star, and an eccentric 204-day orbit. Dynamical models show that the high eccentricity is most likely due to planet-planet interactions. We use simulations to demonstrate that the GJ 3512 planetary system challenges generally accepted formation theories, and that it puts constraints on the planet accretion and migration rates. Disk instabilities may be more efficient in forming planets than previously thought.Copyright © 2019 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science, This research was supported by the following programs, grants, and fellowships: Spanish Ministry for Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU) ESP2014-54062-R, ESP2014-54362P, AYA2015-69350-C3-2-P, BES-2015-074542, AYA2016-79425-C3-1/2/3-P, ESP2016-76076-R, ESP2016-80435-C2-1-R, ESP2016-80435-C2-2-R, ESP2017-87143-R, ESP2017-87676-C05-02-R, ESP-2017-87676-2-2, RYC-2012-09913 (>Ramon y Cajal> program), and FPU15/01476; Israel Science Foundation grant 848/16, CONICYT-FONDECYT/Chile Postdoctorado 3180405; Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-un Raumfahrt (DLR) 50OW0204 and 50OO1501; Italian Minister of Instruction, University and Research (MIUR), FFABR 2017; University of Rome Tor Vergata, >Mission: Sustainability 2016> fund; European Research Council under the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program 694513; Mexican national council for science and technology CONACYT, CVU 448248; the >Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa> award for the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (SEV-2017-0709); Generalitat de Catalunya/CERCA program; Fondo Europeo de Desarollo Regional (FEDER); German Science Foundation (DFG) Research Unit FOR2544 >Blue Planets around Red Stars> and Priority Programs SPP 1833, >Building a Habitable Earth> and SPP 1992, >Exploring the Diversity of Extrasolar Planets> NSF grants PHY17-48958 and PHY-1607761; Swiss National Science Foundation under grant BSGIO_155816 >PlaneltsInTime' and within the framework of the NCCR PlanetS; Queen Mary University of London Scholarship and STFC Consolidated Grant ST/P000592/1; Spanish MCIU FPI-SO predoctoral contract BES-2017-082610 and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

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