Browsing by Author "Wright, Duncan J."

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    A Transiting Warm Giant Planet around the Young Active Star TOI-201
    (2021) Hobson, Melissa J.; Brahm, Rafael; Jordan, Andres; Espinoza, Nestor; Kossakowski, Diana; Henning, Thomas; Rojas, Felipe; Schlecker, Martin; Sarkis, Paula; Trifonov, Trifon; Thorngren, Daniel; Binnenfeld, Avraham; Shahaf, Sahar; Zucker, Shay; Ricker, George R.; Latham, David W.; Seager, S.; Winn, Joshua N.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Addison, Brett; Bouchy, Francois; Bowler, Brendan P.; Briegal, Joshua T.; Bryant, Edward M.; Collins, Karen A.; Daylan, Tansu; Grieves, Nolan; Horner, Jonathan; Huang, Chelsea; Kane, Stephen R.; Kielkopf, John; McLean, Brian; Mengel, Matthew W.; Nielsen, Louise D.; Okumura, Jack; Jones, Matias; Plavchan, Peter; Shporer, Avi; Smith, Alexis M. S.; Tilbrook, Rosanna; Tinney, C. G.; Twicken, Joseph D.; Udry, Stephane; Unger, Nicolas; West, Richard; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Wohler, Bill; Torres, Pascal; Wright, Duncan J.
    We present the confirmation of the eccentric warm giant planet TOI-201 b, first identified as a candidate in Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite photometry (Sectors 1-8, 10-13, and 27-28) and confirmed using groundbased photometry from Next Generation Transit Survey and radial velocities from FEROS, HARPS, CORALIE, and MINERVA-Australis. TOI-201 b orbits a young (0.87(-0.49)(+0.46)) and bright (V = 9.07 mag) F-type star with a 52.9781 day period. The planet has a mass of 0.42(-0.03)(+0.05) M-J, a radius of 1.008(-0.015)(+0.012) R-J, and an orbital eccentricity of 0.28(-0.09)(+0.06); it appears to still be undergoing fairly rapid cooling, as expected given the youth of the host star. The star also shows long-term variability in both the radial velocities and several activity indicators, which we attribute to stellar activity. The discovery and characterization of warm giant planets such as TOI-201 b are important for constraining formation and evolution theories for giant planets.
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    TESS Delivers Five New Hot Giant Planets Orbiting Bright Stars from the Full-frame Images
    (2021) Rodriguez, Joseph E.; Quinn, Samuel N.; Zhou, George; Vanderburg, Andrew; Nielsen, Louise D.; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Brahm, Rafael; Reed, Phillip A.; Huang, Chelsea X.; Vach, Sydney; Ciardi, David R.; Oelkers, Ryan J.; Stassun, Keivan G.; Hellier, Coel; Gaudi, B. Scott; Eastman, Jason D.; Collins, Karen A.; Bieryla, Allyson; Christian, Sam; Latham, David W.; Carleo, Ilaria; Wright, Duncan J.; Matthews, Elisabeth; Gonzales, Erica J.; Ziegler, Carl; Dressing, Courtney D.; Howell, Steve B.; Tan, Thiam-Guan; Wittrock, Justin; Plavchan, Peter; McLeod, Kim K.; Baker, David; Wang, Gavin; Radford, Don J.; Schwarz, Richard P.; Esposito, Massimiliano; Ricker, George R.; Vanderspek, Roland K.; Seager, Sara; Winn, Joshua N.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Addison, Brett; Anderson, D. R.; Barclay, Thomas; Beatty, Thomas G.; Berlind, Perry; Bouchy, Francois; Bowen, Michael; Bowler, Brendan P.; Brasseur, C. E.; Briceno, Cesar; Caldwell, Douglas A.; Calkins, Michael L.; Cartwright, Scott; Chaturvedi, Priyanka; Chaverot, Guillaume; Chimaladinne, Sudhish; Christiansen, Jessie L.; Collins, Kevin I.; Crossfield, Ian J. M.; Eastridge, Kevin; Espinoza, Nestor; Esquerdo, Gilbert A.; Feliz, Dax L.; Fenske, Tyler; Fong, William; Gan, Tianjun; Giacalone, Steven; Gill, Holden; Gordon, Lindsey; Granados, A.; Grieves, Nolan; Guenther, Eike W.; Guerrero, Natalia; Henning, Thomas; Henze, Christopher E.; Hesse, Katharine; Hobson, Melissa J.; Horner, Jonathan; James, David J.; Jensen, Eric L. N.; Jimenez, Mary; Jordan, Andres; Kane, Stephen R.; Kielkopf, John; Kim, Kingsley; Kuhn, Rudolf B.; Latouf, Natasha; Law, Nicholas M.; Levine, Alan M.; Lund, Michael B.; Mann, Andrew W.; Mao, Shude; Matson, Rachel A.; Mengel, Matthew W.; Mink, Jessica; Newman, Patrick; O'Dwyer, Tanner; Okumura, Jack; Palle, Enric; Pepper, Joshua; Quintana, Elisa V.; Sarkis, Paula; Savel, Arjun B.; Schlieder, Joshua E.; Schnaible, Chloe; Shporer, Avi; Sefako, Ramotholo; Seidel, Julia V.; Siverd, Robert J.; Skinner, Brett; Stalport, Manu; Stevens, Daniel J.; Stibbards, Caitlin; Tinney, C. G.; West, R. G.; Yahalomi, Daniel A.; Zhang, Hui
    We present the discovery and characterization of five hot and warm Jupiters-TOI-628 b (TIC 281408474; HD 288842), TOI-640 b (TIC 147977348), TOI-1333 b (TIC 395171208, BD+47 3521A), TOI-1478 b (TIC 409794137), and TOI-1601 b ( TIC 139375960)-based on data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The five planets were identified from the full-frame images and were confirmed through a series of photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations by the TESS Follow-up Observing Program Working Group. The planets are all Jovian size (R-P = 1.01-1.77 R-J) and have masses that range from 0.85 to 6.33 M-J. The host stars of these systems have F and G spectral types (5595 <= T-eff <= 6460 K) and are all relatively bright (9.5 < V < 10.8, 8.2 < K < 9.3), making them well suited for future detailed characterization efforts. Three of the systems in our sample (TOI-640 b, TOI-1333 b, and TOI-1601 b) orbit subgiant host stars (log g < 4.1). TOI-640 b is one of only three known hot Jupiters to have a highly inflated radius (R-P > 1.7 R-J, possibly a result of its host star's evolution) and resides on an orbit with a period longer than 5 days. TOI-628 b is the most massive, hot Jupiter discovered to date by TESS with a measured mass of 6.31(-0.30)(+) (0.28) M-J and a statistically significant, nonzero orbital eccentricity of e = 0.074(-0.022)(+) (0.021). This planet would not have had enough time to circularize through tidal forces from our analysis, suggesting that it might be remnant eccentricity from its migration. The longest-period planet in this sample, TOI-1478 b (P = 10.18 days), is a warm Jupiter in a circular orbit around a near-solar analog. NASA's TESS mission is continuing to increase the sample of well-characterized hot and warm Jupiters, complementing its primary mission goals.
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    TOI-257b (HD 19916b): a warm sub-saturn orbiting an evolved F-type star
    (2021) Addison, Brett C.; Wright, Duncan J.; Nicholson, Belinda A.; Cale, Bryson; Mocnik, Teo; Huber, Daniel; Plavchan, Peter; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Vanderburg, Andrew; Chaplin, William J.; Chontos, Ashley; Clark, Jake T.; Eastman, Jason D.; Ziegler, Carl; Brahm, Rafael; Carter, Bradley D.; Clerte, Mathieu; Espinoza, Nestor; Horner, Jonathan; Bentley, John; Jordan, Andres; Kane, Stephen R.; Kielkopf, John F.; Laychock, Emilie; Mengel, Matthew W.; Okumura, Jack; Stassun, Keivan G.; Bedding, Timothy R.; Bowler, Brendan P.; Burnelis, Andrius; Blanco-Cuaresma, Sergi; Collins, Michaela; Crossfield, Ian; Davis, Allen B.; Evensberget, Dag; Heitzmann, Alexis; Howell, Steve B.; Law, Nicholas; Mann, Andrew W.; Marsden, Stephen C.; Matson, Rachel A.; O'Connor, James H.; Shporer, Avi; Stevens, Catherine; Tinney, C. G.; Tylor, Christopher; Wang, Songhu; Zhang, Hui; Henning, Thomas; Kossakowski, Diana; Ricker, George; Sarkis, Paula; Schlecker, Martin; Torres, Pascal; Vanderspek, Roland; Latham, David W.; Seager, Sara; Winn, Joshua N.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Mireles, Ismael; Rowden, Pam; Pepper, Joshua; Daylan, Tansu; Schlieder, Joshua E.; Collins, Karen A.; Collins, Kevin, I; Tan, Thiam-Guan; Ball, Warrick H.; Basu, Sarbani; Buzasi, Derek L.; Campante, Tiago L.; Corsaro, Enrico; Gonzalez-Cuesta, L.; Davies, Guy R.; de Almeida, Leandro; do Nascimento, Jose-Dias, Jr.; Garcia, Rafael A.; Guo, Zhao; Handberg, Rasmus; Hekker, Saskia; Hey, Daniel R.; Kallinger, Thomas; Kawaler, Steven D.; Kayhan, Cenk; Kuszlewicz, James S.; Lund, Mikkel N.; Lyttle, Alexander; Mathur, Savita; Miglio, Andrea; Mosser, Benoit; Nielsen, Martin B.; Serenelli, Aldo M.; Aguirre, Victor Silva; Themessl, Nathalie
    We report the discovery of a warm sub-Saturn, TOI-257b (HD 19916b), based on data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The transit signal was detected by TESS and confirmed to be of planetary origin based on radial velocity observations. An analysis of the TESS photometry, the MINERVA-Australis, FEROS, and HARPS radial velocities, and the asteroseismic data of the stellar oscillations reveals that TOI-257b has a mass of M-P = 0.138 +/- 0.023M(J) (43.9 +/- 7.3 M-circle plus), a radius of R-P = 0.639 +/- 0.013 R-J (7.16 +/- 0.15 R-circle plus), bulk density of 0.65(-0.11)(+0.12) (cgs), and period 18.38818(-0.00084)(+0.00085) days. TOI-257b orbits a bright (V = 7.612 mag) somewhat evolved late F-type star with M-* = 1.390 +/- 0.046(Msun), R-* = 1.888 +/- 0.033 R-sun, T-eff = 6075 +/- 90 K, and vsin i = 11.3 +/- 0.5 kms(-1). Additionally, we find hints for a second non-transiting sub-Saturn mass planet on a similar to 71 day orbit using the radial velocity data. This system joins the ranks of a small number of exoplanet host stars (similar to 100) that have been characterized with asteroseismology. Warm sub-Saturns are rare in the known sample of exoplanets, and thus the discovery of TOI-257b is important in the context of future work studying the formation and migration history of similar planetary systems.