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The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Two planets on opposite sides of the radius gap transiting the nearby M dwarf LTT 3780
Nowak, G.; Luque, R.; Parviainen, H. et al.
2020In Astronomy and Astrophysics, 642, p. 173
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Keywords :
techniques: photometric; techniques: radial velocities; stars: individual: LTT 3780; stars: late-type; planets and satellites: detection
Abstract :
[en] We present the discovery and characterisation of two transiting planets observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) orbiting the nearby (d[SUB]⋆[/SUB] ≈ 22 pc), bright (J ≈ 9 mag) M3.5 dwarf LTT 3780 (TOI-732). We confirm both planets and their association with LTT 3780 via ground-based photometry and determine their masses using precise radial velocities measured with the CARMENES spectrograph. Precise stellar parameters determined from CARMENES high-resolution spectra confirm that LTT 3780 is a mid-M dwarf with an effective temperature of T[SUB]eff[/SUB] = 3360 ± 51 K, a surface gravity of log g[SUB]⋆[/SUB] = 4.81 ± 0.04 (cgs), and an iron abundance of [Fe/H] = 0.09 ± 0.16 dex, with an inferred mass of M[SUB]⋆[/SUB] = 0.379 ± 0.016M[SUB]☉[/SUB] and a radius of R[SUB]⋆[/SUB] = 0.382 ± 0.012R[SUB]☉[/SUB]. The ultra-short-period planet LTT 3780 b (P[SUB]b[/SUB] = 0.77 d) with a radius of 1.35[SUB]-0.06[/SUB][SUP]+0.06[/SUP] R[SUB]⊕[/SUB], a mass of 2.34[SUP]-0.23[/SUP][SUB]+0.24[/SUB] M[SUB]⊕[/SUB], and a bulk density of 5.24[SUB]-0.81[/SUB][SUP]+0.94[/SUP] g cm[SUP]-3[/SUP] joins the population of Earth-size planets with rocky, terrestrial composition. The outer planet, LTT 3780 c, with an orbital period of 12.25 d, radius of 2.42[SUB]-0.10[/SUB][SUP]+0.10[/SUP] R[SUB]⊕[/SUB], mass of 6.29[SUB]-0.61[/SUB][SUP]+0.63[/SUP] M[SUB]⊕[/SUB], and mean density of 2.45[SUB]-0.37[/SUB][SUP]+0.44[/SUP] g cm[SUP]-3[/SUP] belongs to the population of dense sub-Neptunes. With the two planets located on opposite sides of the radius gap, this planetary system is anexcellent target for testing planetary formation, evolution, and atmospheric models. In particular, LTT 3780 c is an ideal object for atmospheric studies with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
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Nowak, G.;  Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Luque, R.;  Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Parviainen, H.;  Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Pallé, E.;  Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Molaverdikhani, K.;  Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Béjar, V. J. S.;  Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Lillo-Box, J.;  Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), ESAC, Camino bajo del castillo s/n, 28692, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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Caballero, J. A.;  Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), ESAC, Camino bajo del castillo s/n, 28692, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
Zechmeister, M.;  Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
Passegger, V. M.;  Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, 440 West Brooks Street, Norman, OK, 73019, USA ; Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, Gojenbergsweg 112, 21029, Hamburg, Germany
Cifuentes, C.;  Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), ESAC, Camino bajo del castillo s/n, 28692, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
Schweitzer, A.;  Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, Gojenbergsweg 112, 21029, Hamburg, Germany
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Cale, B.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive MS 3F3, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA
Espinoza, N.;  Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
Murgas, F.;  Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Aceituno, F. J.;  Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, 18008, Granada, Spain
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Barkaoui, Khalid ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Astrobiology
Barrado, D.;  Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Carretera de Ajalvir km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
Bauer, F. F.;  Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, 18008, Granada, Spain
Benkhaldoun, Z.;  Oukaimeden Observatory, High Energy Physics and Astrophysics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Caldwell, D. A.;  SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA ; NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 94035, USA
Casasayas Barris, N.;  Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Chaturvedi, P.;  Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Sternwarte 5, 0777, Tautenburg, Germany
Chen, G.;  Key Laboratory of Planetary Sciences, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PR China
Collins, K. A.;  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
Collins, K. I.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive MS 3F3, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA
Cortés-Contreras, M.;  Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), ESAC, Camino bajo del castillo s/n, 28692, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
Crossfield, I. J. M.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
de León, J. P.;  Department of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
Díez Alonso, E.;  Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnologías del Espacio de Asturias (ICTEA), C/ Independencia, 13, 33004, Oviedo, Spain
Dreizler, S.;  Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
El Mufti, M.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive MS 3F3, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA
Esparza-Borges, E.;  Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Essack, Z.;  Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA ; Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
Fukui, A.;  Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Gaidos, E.;  Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
Gillon, Michaël  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Exotic
Gonzales, E. J.;  Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
Guerra, P.;  Observatori Astronómic Albanyá, Camí de Bassegoda S/N, Albanyá, 17733, Girona, Spain
Hatzes, A.;  Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Sternwarte 5, 0777, Tautenburg, Germany
Henning, Th;  Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Herrero, E.;  Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), C/ Gran Capità 2-4, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Hesse, K.;  Department of Astronomy, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 06459, USA
Hirano, T.;  Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan
Howell, S. B.;  NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 94035, USA
Jeffers, S. V.;  Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
Jehin, Emmanuel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Origines Cosmologiques et Astrophysiques (OrCa)
Jenkins, J. M.;  NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 94035, USA
Kaminski, A.;  Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Kemmer, J.;  Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Kielkopf, J. F.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA
Kossakowski, D.;  Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Kotani, T.;  Astrobiology Center, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan ; National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan
Kürster, M.;  Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
Lafarga, M.;  Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE, CSIC), Campus UAB, C/Can Magrans s/n, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain ; Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), C/ Gran Capità 2-4, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Latham, D. W.;  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
Law, N.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3255, USA
Lissauer, J. J.;  NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 94035, USA
Lodieu, N.;  Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Madrigal-Aguado, A.;  Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Mann, A. W.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3255, USA
Massey, B.;  Villa '39 Observatory, Landers, CA, 92285, USA
Matson, R. A.;  US Naval Observatory, Washington, DC, 20392, USA
Matthews, E.;  Department of Physics, and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Science, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, 02193, USA
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Montes, D.;  Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica & IPARCOS-UCM (Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos de la UCM), Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Mori, M.;  Department of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
Nagel, E.;  Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Sternwarte 5, 0777, Tautenburg, Germany
Oshagh, M.;  Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany ; Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Pedraz, S.;  Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán (CSIC-MPG), Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto, Sierra de los Filabres-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
Plavchan, P.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive MS 3F3, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA
Pollacco, D.;  Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK ; Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
Quirrenbach, A.;  Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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Tamura, M.;  Department of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan ; Astrobiology Center, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan ; National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan
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English
Title :
The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Two planets on opposite sides of the radius gap transiting the nearby M dwarf LTT 3780
Publication date :
01 October 2020
Journal title :
Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISSN :
0004-6361
eISSN :
1432-0746
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France
Volume :
642
Pages :
A173
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