Browsing by Author "Santos, N. C."

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    Chemical abundances and kinematics of 257 G-, K-type field giants. Setting a base for further analysis of giant-planet properties orbiting evolved stars
    (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2015) Adibekyan, V. Zh.; Benamati, L.; Santos, N. C.; Alves, S.; Lovis, C.; Udry, S.; Israelian, G.; Sousa, S. G.; Tsantaki, M.; Mortier, A.; Sozzetti, A.; De Medeiros, J. R.
    We performed a uniform and detailed abundance analysis of 12 refractory elements (Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Ni, Co, Sc, Mn, and V) for a sample of 257 G-and K-type evolved stars from the CORALIE planet search programme. To date, only one of these stars is known to harbour a planetary companion. We aimed to characterize this large sample of evolved stars in terms of chemical abundances and kinematics, thus setting a solid base for further analysis of planetary properties around giant stars. This sample, being homogeneously analysed, can be used as a comparison sample for other planet-related studies, as well as for different type of studies related to stellar and Galaxy astrophysics. The abundances of the chemical elements were determined using an local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) abundance analysis relative to the Sun, with the spectral synthesis code MOOG and a grid of Kurucz ATLAS9 atmospheres. To separate the Galactic stellar populations, both a purely kinematical approach and a chemical method were applied. We confirm the overabundance of Na in giant stars compared to the field FGKdwarfs. This enhancement might have a stellar evolutionary character, but departures from LTE may also produce a similar enhancement. Our chemical separation of stellar populations also suggests a 'gap' in metallicity between the thick-disc and high-a metal-rich stars, as previously observed in dwarfs sample from HARPS. The present sample, as most of the giant star samples, also suffers from the B - V colour cut-off, which excludes low-log g stars with high metallicities, and high-log g star with low [Fe/H]. For future studies of planet occurrence dependence on stellar metallicity around these evolved stars, we suggest to use a subsample of stars in a 'cut-rectangle' in the log g-[Fe/H] diagram to overcome the aforementioned issue.
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    Determination of the spectroscopic stellar parameters for 257 field giant stars
    (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2015) Alves, S.; Benamati, L.; Santos, N. C.; Adibekyan, V. Zh; Sousa, S. G.; Israelian, G.; De Medeiros, J. R.; Lovis, C.; Udry, S.
    The study of stellar parameters of planet-hosting stars, such as metallicity and chemical abundances, help us to understand the theory of planet formation and stellar evolution. Here, we present a catalogue of accurate stellar atmospheric parameters and iron abundances for a sample of 257 K and G field evolved stars that are being surveyed for planets using precise radial-velocity measurements as part of the Coralie programme to search for planets around giants. The analysis was done using a set of high-resolution and high-signal-to-noise Ultraviolet and Visible Echelle Spectrograph spectra. The stellar parameters were derived using Fe I and II ionization and excitation equilibrium methods. To take into account possible effects related to the choice of the lines on the derived parameters, we used three different iron line-list sets in our analysis, and the results differ among themselves by a small factor for most of stars. For those stars with previous literature parameter estimates, we found very good agreement with our own values. In the present catalogue, we are providing new precise spectroscopic measurements of effective temperature, surface gravity, microturbulence, and metallicity for 190 stars for which it has not been found or published in previous articles.
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    HD 207897 b: A dense sub-Neptune transiting a nearby and bright K-type star
    (2022) Heidari, N.; Boisse, I; Orell-Miquel, J.; Hebrard, G.; Acuna, L.; Hara, N. C.; Lillo-Box, J.; Eastman, J. D.; Arnold, L.; Astudillo-Defru, N.; Adibekyan, V; Bieryla, A.; Bonfils, X.; Bouchy, F.; Barclay, T.; Brasseur, C. E.; Borgniet, S.; Bourrier, V; Buchhave, L.; Behmard, A.; Beard, C.; Batalha, N. M.; Courcol, B.; Cortes-Zuleta, P.; Collins, K.; Carmona, A.; Crossfield, I. J. M.; Chontos, A.; Delfosse, X.; Dalal, S.; Deleuil, M.; Demangeon, O. D. S.; Diaz, R. F.; Dumusque, X.; Daylan, T.; Dragomir, D.; Mena, E. Delgado; Dressing, C.; Dai, F.; Dalba, P. A.; Ehrenreich, D.; Forveille, T.; Fulton, B.; Fetherolf, T.; Gaisne, G.; Giacalone, S.; Riazi, N.; Hoyer, S.; Hobson, M. J.; Howard, A. W.; Huber, D.; Hill, M. L.; Hirsch, L. A.; Isaacson, H.; Jenkins, J.; Kane, S. R.; Kiefer, F.; Luque, R.; Latham, D. W.; Lubin, J.; Lopez, T.; Mousis, O.; Moutou, C.; Montagnier, G.; Mignon, L.; Mayo, A.; Mocnik, T.; Murphy, J. M. A.; Palle, E.; Pepe, F.; Petigura, E. A.; Rey, J.; Ricker, G.; Robertson, P.; Roy, A.; Rubenzahl, R. A.; Rosenthal, L. J.; Santerne, A.; Santos, N. C.; Sousa, S. G.; Stassun, K. G.; Stalport, M.; Scarsdale, N.; Strom, P. A.; Seager, S.; Segransan, D.; Tenenbaum, P.; Tronsgaard, R.; Udry, S.; Vanderspek, R.; Vakili, F.; Winn, J.; Weiss, L. M.
    We present the discovery and characterization of a transiting sub-Neptune that orbits the nearby (28 pc) and bright (V = 8.37) K0V star HD 207897 (TOI-1611) with a 16.20-day period. This discovery is based on photometric measurements from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission and radial velocity (RV) observations from the SOPHIE, Automated Planet Finder, and HIRES high-precision spectrographs. We used EXOFASTv2 to model the parameters of the planet and its host star simultaneously, combining photometric and RV data to determine the planetary system parameters. We show that the planet has a radius of 2.50 +/- 0.08 R-E and a mass of either 14.4 +/- 1.6 M-E or 15.9 +/- 1.6 M-E with nearly equal probability. The two solutions correspond to two possibilities for the stellar activity period. The density accordingly is either 5.1 +/- 0.7 g cm(-3) or 5.5(-0.7)(+0.8) g cm(-3), making it one of the relatively rare dense sub-Neptunes. The existence of this dense planet at only 0.12 AU from its host star is unusual in the currently observed sub-Neptune (2 < R-E < 4) population. The most likely scenario is that this planet has migrated to its current position.
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    OGLE-TR-211 -: a new transiting inflated hot Jupiter from the OGLE survey and ESO LP666 spectroscopic follow-up program
    (2008) Udalski, A.; Pont, F.; Naef, D.; Melo, C.; Bouchy, F.; Santos, N. C.; Moutou, C.; Diaz, R. F.; Gieren, W.; Gillon, M.; Hoyer, S.; Mayor, M.; Mazeh, T.; Minniti, D.; Pietrzynski, G.; Queloz, D.; Ramirez, S.; Ruiz, M. T.; Shporer, A.; Tamuz, O.; Udry, S.; Zoccali, M.; Kubiak, M.; Szymanski, M. K.; Soszynski, I.; Szewczyk, O.; Ulaczyk, K.; Wyrzykowski, L.
    We present results of the photometric campaign for planetary and low-luminosity object transits conducted by the OGLE survey in the 2005 season (Campaign #5). About twenty of the most promising candidates discovered in these data were subsequently verified spectroscopically with the VLT/FLAMES spectrograph.
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    The "666" collaboration on OGLE transits I.: Accurate radius of the planets OGLE-TR-10b and OGLE-TR-56b with VLT deconvolution photometry
    (2007) Pont, F.; Moutou, C.; Gillon, M.; Udalski, A.; Bouchy, F.; Fernandes, J. M.; Gieren, W.; Mayor, M.; Mazeh, T.; Minniti, D.; Melo, C.; Naef, D.; Pietrzynski, G.; Queloz, D.; Ruiz, M. T.; Santos, N. C.; Udry, S.
    Transiting planets are essential to study the structure and evolution of extra-solar planets. For that purpose, it is important to measure precisely the radius of these planets. Here we report new high-accuracy photometry of the transits of OGLE-TR-10 and OGLE-TR-56 with VLT/FORS1. One transit of each object was covered in Bessel V and R filters, and treated with the deconvolution-based photometry algorithm DECPHOT, to ensure accurate millimagnitude light curves. Together with earlier spectroscopic measurements, the data imply a radius of 1.22(-0.07)(+0.12) R-J for OGLE-TR-10b and 1.30 +/- 0.05 R-J for OGLE-TR-56b. A re-analysis of the original OGLE photometry resolves an earlier discrepancy about the radius of OGLE-TR-10. The transit of OGLE-TR-56 is almost grazing, so that small systematics in the photometry can cause large changes in the derived radius. Our study confirms both planets as inflated hot Jupiters, with large radii comparable to that of HD 209458b and at least two other recently discovered transiting gas giants.
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    The Gaia-ESO Survey: The analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars
    (2014) Smiljanic, R.; Korn, A. J.; Bergemann, M.; Frasca, A.; Magrini, L.; Masseron, T.; Pancino, E.; Ruchti, G.; San Roman, I.; Sbordone, L.; Sousa, S. G.; Tabernero, H.; Tautvaisiene, G.; Valentini, M.; Weber, M.; Worley, C. C.; Adibekyan, V. Zh.; Allende Prieto, C.; Barisevicius, G.; Biazzo, K.; Blanco-Cuaresma, S.; Bonifacio, P.; Bragaglia, A.; Caffau, E.; Cantat-Gaudin, T.; Chorniy, Y.; de Laverny, P.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Donati, P.; Duffau, S.; Franciosini, E.; Friel, E.; Geisler, D.; Gonzalez Hernandez, J. I.; Gruyters, P.; Guiglion, G.; Hansen, C. J.; Heiter, U.; Hill, V.; Jacobson, H. R.; Jofre, P.; Jonsson, H.; Lanzafame, A. C.; Lardo, C.; Ludwig, H. -G.; Maiorca, E.; Mikolaitis, S.; Montes, D.; Morel, T.; Mucciarelli, A.; Munoz, C.; Nordlander, T.; Pasquini, L.; Puzeras, E.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Ryde, N.; Sacco, G.; Santos, N. C.; Serenelli, A. M.; Sordo, R.; Soubiran, C.; Spina, L.; Steffen, M.; Vallenari, A.; Van Eck, S.; Villanova, S.; Gilmore, G.; Randich, S.; Asplund, M.; Binney, J.; Drew, J.; Feltzing, S.; Ferguson, A.; Jeffries, R.; Micela, G.; Negueruela, I.; Prusti, T.; Rix, H-W.; Alfaro, E.; Babusiaux, C.; Bensby, T.; Blomme, R.; Flaccomio, E.; Francois, P.; Irwin, M.; Koposov, S.; Walton, N.; Bayo, A.; Carraro, G.; Costado, M. T.; Damiani, F.; Edvardsson, B.; Hourihane, A.; Jackson, R.; Lewis, J.; Lind, K.; Marconi, G.; Martayan, C.; Monaco, L.; Morbidelli, L.; Prisinzano, L.; Zaggia, S.
    Context. The ongoing Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey is using FLAMES at the VLT to obtain high-quality medium-resolution Giraffe spectra for about 10(5) stars and high-resolution UVES spectra for about 5000 stars. With UVES, the Survey has already observed 1447 FGK-type stars.
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    The EBLM project - VIII. First results for M-dwarf mass, radius, and effective temperature measurements using CHEOPS light curves
    (2021) Swayne, M., I; Maxted, P. F. L.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Sousa, S. G.; Broeg, C.; Floren, H-G; Guterman, P.; Simon, A. E.; Boisse, I; Bonfanti, A.; Martin, D.; Santerne, A.; Salmon, S.; Standing, M. R.; Van Grootel, V.; Wilson, T. G.; Alibert, Y.; Alonso, R.; Anglada Escude, G.; Asquier, J.; Barczy, T.; Barrado, D.; Barros, S. C. C.; Battley, M.; Baumjohann, W.; Beck, M.; Beck, T.; Bekkelien, A.; Benz, W.; Billot, N.; Bonfils, X.; Brandeker, A.; Busch, M-D; Cabrera, J.; Charnoz, S.; Cameron, A. Collier; Csizmadia, Sz; Davies, M. B.; Deleuil, M.; Deline, A.; Delrez, L.; Demangeon, O. D. S.; Demory, B-O; Dransfield, G.; Ehrenreich, D.; Erikson, A.; Fortier, A.; Fossati, L.; Fridlund, M.; Futyan, D.; Gandolfi, D.; Gillon, M.; Guedel, M.; Hebrard, G.; Heidari, N.; Hellier, C.; Heng, K.; Hobson, M.; Hoyer, S.; Isaak, K. G.; Kiss, L.; Hodzic, V. Kunovac; Lalitha, S.; Laskar, J.; des Etangs, A. Lecavelier; Lendl, M.; Lovis, C.; Magrin, D.; Marafatto, L.; McCormac, J.; Miller, N.; Nascimbeni, V; Olofsson, G.; Ottensamer, R.; Pagano, I; Palle, E.; Peter, G.; Piotto, G.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Ragazzoni, R.; Rando, N.; Rauer, H.; Ribas, I; Santos, N. C.; Scandariato, G.; Segransan, D.; Smith, A. M. S.; Steinberger, M.; Steller, M.; Szabo, Gy M.; Thomas, N.; Udry, S.; Walter, I; Walton, N. A.; Willett, E.
    The accuracy of theoretical mass, radius, and effective temperature values for M-dwarf stars is an active topic of debate. Differences between observed and theoretical values have raised the possibility that current theoretical stellar structure and evolution models are inaccurate towards the low-mass end of the main sequence. To explore this issue, we use the CHEOPS satellite to obtain high-precision light curves of eclipsing binaries with low-mass stellar companions. We use these light curves combined with the spectroscopic orbit for the solar-type companion to measure the mass, radius, and effective temperature of the M-dwarf star. Here, we present the analysis of three eclipsing binaries. We use the pycheops data analysis software to fit the observed transit and eclipse events of each system. Two of our systems were also observed by the TESS satellite - we similarly analyse these light curves for comparison. We find consistent results between CHEOPS and TESS, presenting three stellar radii and two stellar effective temperature values of low-mass stellar objects. These initial results from our on-going observing programme with CHEOPS show that we can expect to have similar to 24 new mass, radius, and effective temperature measurements for very low-mass stars within the next few years.
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    The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets XVIII. Six new cold Jupiters, including one of the most eccentric exoplanet orbits
    (2021) Demangeon, O. D. S.; Dalal, S.; Hebrard, G.; Nsamba, B.; Kiefer, F.; Camacho, J. D.; Sahlmann, J.; Arnold, L.; Astudillo-Defru, N.; Bonfils, X.; Boisse, I; Bouchy, F.; Bourrier, V; Campante, T.; Delfosse, X.; Deleuil, M.; Diaz, R. F.; Faria, J.; Forveille, T.; Hara, N.; Heidari, N.; Hobson, M. J.; Lopez, T.; Moutou, C.; Rey, J.; Santerne, A.; Sousa, S.; Santos, N. C.; Strom, P. A.; Tsantaki, M.; Udry, S.
    Context. Due to their low transit probability, the long-period planets are, as a population, only partially probed by transit surveys. Radial velocity surveys thus have a key role to play, in particular for giant planets. Cold Jupiters induce a typical radial velocity semi-amplitude of 10 m s(-1), which is well within the reach of multiple instruments that have now been in operation for more than a decade.
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    The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets: XVI. HD 158259: A compact planetary system in a near-3:2 mean motion resonance chain
    (2020) Hara, N. C.; Bouchy, F.; Stalport, M.; Boisse, I; Rodrigues, J.; Delisle, J-B; Santerne, A.; Henry, G. W.; Arnold, L.; Astudillo-Defru, N.; Borgniet, S.; Bonfils, X.; Bourrier, V; Brugger, B.; Courcol, B.; Dalal, S.; Deleuil, M.; Delfosse, X.; Demangeon, O.; Diaz, R. F.; Dumusque, X.; Forveille, T.; Hebrard, G.; Hobson, M.; Kiefer, F.; Lopez, T.; Mignon, L.; Mousis, O.; Moutou, C.; Pepe, F.; Rey, J.; Santos, N. C.; Segransan, D.; Udry, S.; Wilson, P. A.
    Aims. Since 2011, the SOPHIE spectrograph has been used to search for Neptunes and super-Earths in the northern hemisphere. As part of this observational program, 290 radial velocity measurements of the 6.4 V magnitude star HD 158259 were obtained. Additionally, TESS photometric measurements of this target are available. We present an analysis of the SOPHIE data and compare our results with the output of the TESS pipeline.Methods. The radial velocity data, ancillary spectroscopic indices, and ground-based photometric measurements were analyzed with classical and l(1) periodograms. The stellar activity was modeled as a correlated Gaussian noise and its impact on the planet detection was measured with a new technique.Results. The SOPHIE data support the detection of five planets, each with m sin i approximate to 6 M-circle plus, orbiting HD 158259 in 3.4, 5.2, 7.9, 12, and 17.4 days. Though a planetary origin is strongly favored, the 17.4 d signal is classified as a planet candidate due to a slightly lower statistical significance and to its proximity to the expected stellar rotation period. The data also present low frequency variations, most likely originating from a magnetic cycle and instrument systematics. Furthermore, the TESS pipeline reports a significant signal at 2.17 days corresponding to a planet of radius approximate to 1.2 R-circle plus. A compatible signal is seen in the radial velocities, which confirms the detection of an additional planet and yields a approximate to 2 M-circle plus mass estimate.Conclusions. We find a system of five planets and a strong candidate near a 3:2 mean motion resonance chain orbiting HD 158259. The planets are found to be outside of the two and three body resonances.