1. A Mini-Neptune Orbiting the Metal-poor K Dwarf BD+29 2654
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Dai, Fei, Schlaufman, Kevin C., Reggiani, Henrique, Bouma, Luke, Howard, Andrew W., Chontos, Ashley, Pidhorodetska, Daria, Van Zandt, Judah, Murphy, Joseph M. Akana, Rubenzahl, Ryan A., Polanski, Alex S., Lubin, Jack, Beard, Corey, Giacalone, Steven, Holcomb, Rae, Batalha, Natalie M., Crossfield, Ian, Dressing, Courtney, Fulton, Benjamin, Huber, Daniel, Isaacson, Howard, Kane, Stephen R., Petigura, Erik A., Robertson, Paul, Weiss, Lauren M., Belinski, Alexander A., Boyle, Andrew W., Burke, Christopher J., Castro-González, Amadeo, Ciardi, David R., Daylan, Tansu, Fukui, Akihiko, Gill, Holden, Guerrero, Natalia M., Hellier, Coel, Howell, Steve B., Lillo-Box, Jorge, Murgas, Felipe, Narita, Norio, Pallé, Enric, Rodriguez, David R., Savel, Arjun B., Shporer, Avi, Stassun, Keivan G., Striegel, Stephanie, Caldwell, Douglas A., Jenkins, Jon M., Ricker, George R., Seager, Sara, Vanderspek, Roland, and Winn, Joshua N.
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Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) ,Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
We report the discovery and Doppler mass measurement of a 7.4-day 2.3-$R_\oplus$ mini-Neptune around a metal-poor K dwarf BD+29 2654 (TOI-2018). Based on a high-resolution Keck/HIRES spectrum, the Gaia parallax, and multi-wavelength photometry from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared, we found that the host star has $T_{\text{eff}}=4174^{+34}_{-42}$ K, $\log{g}=4.62^{+0.02}_{-0.03}$, $[\text{Fe/H}]=-0.58\pm0.18$, $M_{\ast}=0.57\pm0.02~M_{\odot}$, and $R_{\ast}=0.62\pm0.01~R_{\odot}$. Precise Doppler measurements with Keck/HIRES revealed a planetary mass of $M_{\text{p}}=9.2\pm2.1~M_{\oplus}$ for TOI-2018 b. TOI-2018 b has a mass and radius that are consistent with an Earth-like core with a $\sim1\%$-by-mass hydrogen/helium envelope, or an ice-rock mixture. The mass of TOI-2018 b is close to the threshold for run-away accretion and hence giant planet formation. Such a threshold is predicted to be around 10$M_\oplus$ or lower for a low-metallicity (low-opacity) environment. If TOI-2018 b is a planetary core that failed to undergo run-away accretion, it may underline the reason why giant planets are rare around low-metallicity host stars (one possibility is their shorter disk lifetimes). With a K-band magnitude of 7.1, TOI-2018 b may be a suitable target for transmission spectroscopy with the James Webb Space Telescope. The system is also amenable to metastable Helium observation; the detection of a Helium exosphere would help distinguish between a H/He enveloped planet and a water world., Comment: 10 figures, 5 tables, accepted to AAS Journals
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- 2023
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