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HATS-7b: A HOT SUPER NEPTUNE TRANSITING A QUIET K DWARF STAR
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WoS WOS:000365288900031
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:84947933327
DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/813/2/111
Año 2015
Tipo artículo de investigación

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Autores Afiliación Chile

Instituciones Chile

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Extranjeras


Abstract



We report the discovery by the HATSouth network of HATS-7b, a transiting Super-Neptune with a mass of 0.120 +/- 0.012 M-J, a radius of 0.563(-0.034)(+0.046) R-J, and an orbital period of 3.1853 days. The host star is a moderately bright (V = 13.340 +/- 0.010 mag, K-S = 10.976 +/- 0.026 mag) K dwarf star with a mass of 0.849 +/- 0.027 M-circle dot, a radius of 0.815(-0.035)(+0.049) R-circle dot, and a metallicity of [Fe/H]= +0.250 +/- 0.080. The star is photometrically quiet to within the precision of the HATSouth measurements, has low RV jitter, and shows no evidence for chromospheric activity in its spectrum. HATS-7b is the second smallest radius planet discovered by a wide-field ground-based transit survey, and one of only a handful of Neptune-size planets with mass and radius determined to 10% precision. Theoretical modeling of HATS-7b yields a hydrogen-helium fraction of 18 +/- 4% (rock-iron core and H-2-He envelope), or 9 +/- 4% (ice core and H-2-He envelope), i.e., it has a composition broadly similar to that of Uranus and Neptune, and very different from that of Saturn, which has 75% of its mass in H-2-He. Based on a sample of transiting exoplanets with accurately (<20%) determined parameters, we establish approximate power-law relations for the envelopes of the mass-density distribution of exoplanets. HATS-7b, which, together with the recently discovered HATS-8b, is one of the first two transiting super-Neptunes discovered in the Southern sky, is a prime target for additional follow-up observations with Southern hemisphere facilities to characterize the atmospheres of Super-Neptunes (which we define as objects with mass greater than that of Neptune, and smaller than halfway between that of Neptune and Saturn, i.e., 0.054M(J) < M-p < 0.18M(J)).

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Astrophysical Journal 0004-637X

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Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Bakos, Gaspar Hombre Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos
2 Penev, Kaloyan Hombre Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos
3 Bayliss, Dan Hombre Australian Natl Univ - Australia
Univ Geneva - Suiza
Australian National University - Australia
Université de Genève - Suiza
The Australian National University - Australia
4 Hartman, Joel D. Hombre Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos
5 Zhou, George Hombre Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Australian Natl Univ - Australia
Princeton University - Estados Unidos
Australian National University - Australia
The Australian National University - Australia
6 BRAHM-SCOTT, RAFAEL ANDRES Hombre Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica - Chile
7 Mancin, L. Hombre Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
8 de Val-Borro, M. Hombre Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos
9 Bhatti, Waqas - Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos
10 JORDAN-COLZANI, ANDRES CRISTOBAL Hombre Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica - Chile
Centro de Excelencia en Astrofísica y Tecnologías Afines - Chile
11 Rabus, M. - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
12 Espinoza, Nestor Hombre Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica - Chile
13 Csubry, Z. - Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
14 Howard, Andrew W. Hombre Univ Hawaii Manoa - Estados Unidos
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Estados Unidos
University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Estados Unidos
15 Fulton, Benjamin Hombre Univ Hawaii Manoa - Estados Unidos
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Estados Unidos
University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Estados Unidos
16 Buchhave, L. A. Hombre Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Univ Copenhagen - Dinamarca
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos
Københavns Universitet - Dinamarca
Statens Naturhistoriske Museum - Dinamarca
17 Ciceri, S. - Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
18 Henning, Thomas Hombre Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
19 Schmidt, Brian Hombre Australian Natl Univ - Australia
Australian National University - Australia
The Australian National University - Australia
20 Isaacson, Howard Hombre UNIV CALIF BERKELEY - Estados Unidos
University of California, Berkeley - Estados Unidos
21 Noyes, R. W. - Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
22 Marcy, Geoff Hombre UNIV CALIF BERKELEY - Estados Unidos
University of California, Berkeley - Estados Unidos
23 Suc, V. - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
24 Howe, Alex R. Hombre Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos
25 Burrows, Adam S. Hombre Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos
26 Lazar, J. - Hungarian Astron Assoc - Hungría
Magyar Csillagászati Egyesület - Hungría
27 Papp, I. - Hungarian Astron Assoc - Hungría
28 Sari, P. - Hungarian Astron Assoc - Hungría
28 Rabus, M. - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania

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Financiamiento



Fuente
FONDECYT
CONICYT-PCHA/Doctorado Nacional
National Science Foundation
NASA
Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund
NSF MRI
ARC
BASAL CATA
"Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS)" of the Millenium Science Initiative, Chilean Ministry of Economy
NSF/AST
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences

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Agradecimientos



Agradecimiento
Development of the HATSouth project was funded by NSF MRI grant NSF/AST-0723074, operations have been supported by NASA grants NNX09AB29G and NNX12AH91H, and follow-up observations received partial support from grant NSF/AST-1108686. A.J. acknowledges support from FONDECYT project 1130857, BASAL CATA PFB-06, and project IC120009 "Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS)" of the Millenium Science Initiative, Chilean Ministry of Economy. R.B. and N.E. are supported by CONICYT-PCHA/Doctorado Nacional. R.B. and N.E. acknowledge additional support from project IC120009 "Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS)" of the Millennium Science Initiative, Chilean Ministry of Economy. V.S. acknowledges support form BASAL CATA PFB-06. This work is based on observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Observatory. This paper also uses observations obtained with facilities of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope. Work at the Australian National University is supported by ARC Laureate Fellowship Grant FL0992131. We acknowledge the use of the AAVSO Photometric All-Sky Survey (APASS), funded by the Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund, and the SIMBAD database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France. Operations at the MPG 2.2 m Telescope are jointly performed by the Max Planck Gesellschaft and the European Southern Observatory. The imaging system GROND has been built by the high-energy group of MPE in collaboration with the LSW Tautenburg and ESO. The authors wish to recognize and acknowledge the very significant cultural role and reverence that the summit of Mauna Kea has always had within the indigenous Hawaiian community. We are most fortunate to have the opportunity to conduct observations from this mountain. G. A. B. wishes to thank the warm hospitality of Adele and Joachim Cranz at the farm Isabis, supporting the operations and service missions of HATSouth.

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