TY - JOUR
T1 - HATS-74Ab, HATS-75b, HATS-76b, and HATS-77b
T2 - Four Transiting Giant Planets Around K and M Dwarfs
AU - Jordán, Andrés
AU - Hartman, J. D.
AU - Bayliss, D.
AU - Bakos, G.
AU - Brahm, R.
AU - Bryant, E. M.
AU - Csubry, Z.
AU - Henning, Th
AU - Hobson, M.
AU - Mancini, L.
AU - Penev, K.
AU - Rabus, M.
AU - Suc, V.
AU - De Val-Borro, M.
AU - Wallace, J.
AU - Barkaoui, K.
AU - Ciardi, David R.
AU - Collins, K. A.
AU - Esparza-Borges, E.
AU - Furlan, E.
AU - Gan, T.
AU - Benkhaldoun, Z.
AU - Ghachoui, M.
AU - Gillon, M.
AU - Howell, S.
AU - Jehin, E.
AU - Fukui, A.
AU - Kawauchi, K.
AU - Livingston, J. H.
AU - Luque, R.
AU - Matson, R.
AU - Matthews, E. C.
AU - Osborn, H. P.
AU - Murgas, F.
AU - Narita, Norio
AU - Palle, E.
AU - Parvianen, H.
AU - Waalkes, W. C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - The relative rarity of giant planets around low-mass stars compared with solar-type stars is a key prediction from the core-accretion planet formation theory. In this paper we report on the discovery of four gas giant planets that transit low-mass late K and early M dwarfs. The planets HATS-74Ab (TOI 737b), HATS-75b (TOI 552b), HATS-76b (TOI 555b), and HATS-77b (TOI 730b) were all discovered from the HATSouth photometric survey and follow-up using TESS and other photometric facilities. We use the new ESPRESSO facility at the VLT to confirm systems and measure their masses. We find that these planets have masses of 1.46 ± 0.14 MJ, 0.491 ± 0.039 MJ, 2.629 ± 0.089 MJ, and 1.374-0.074+0.100 MJ, respectively, and radii of 1.032 ± 0.021 RJ, 0.884 ± 0.013 RJ, 1.079 ± 0.031 RJ, and 1.165 ± 0.021 RJ, respectively. The planets all orbit close to their host stars with orbital periods ranging from 1.7319 days to 3.0876 days. With further work, we aim to test core-accretion theory by using these and further discoveries to quantify the occurrence rate of giant planets around low-mass host stars.
AB - The relative rarity of giant planets around low-mass stars compared with solar-type stars is a key prediction from the core-accretion planet formation theory. In this paper we report on the discovery of four gas giant planets that transit low-mass late K and early M dwarfs. The planets HATS-74Ab (TOI 737b), HATS-75b (TOI 552b), HATS-76b (TOI 555b), and HATS-77b (TOI 730b) were all discovered from the HATSouth photometric survey and follow-up using TESS and other photometric facilities. We use the new ESPRESSO facility at the VLT to confirm systems and measure their masses. We find that these planets have masses of 1.46 ± 0.14 MJ, 0.491 ± 0.039 MJ, 2.629 ± 0.089 MJ, and 1.374-0.074+0.100 MJ, respectively, and radii of 1.032 ± 0.021 RJ, 0.884 ± 0.013 RJ, 1.079 ± 0.031 RJ, and 1.165 ± 0.021 RJ, respectively. The planets all orbit close to their host stars with orbital periods ranging from 1.7319 days to 3.0876 days. With further work, we aim to test core-accretion theory by using these and further discoveries to quantify the occurrence rate of giant planets around low-mass host stars.
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U2 - 10.3847/1538-3881/ac4a77
DO - 10.3847/1538-3881/ac4a77
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125857860
SN - 0004-6256
VL - 163
JO - Astronomical Journal
JF - Astronomical Journal
IS - 3
M1 - 125
ER -