NGTS-1b: A hot Jupiter transiting an M-dwarf
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Authors
Bayliss, D
Gillen, E
Eigmüller, P
McCormac, J
Alexander, RD
Armstrong, DJ
Booth, RS
Bouchy, F
Burleigh, MR
Cabrera, J
Casewell, SL
Chaushev, A
Chazelas, B
Csizmadia, S
Erikson, A
Faedi, F
Foxell, E
Gänsicke, BT
Goad, MR
Grange, A
Günther, MN
Hodgkin, ST
Jackman, J
Jenkins, JS
Lambert, G
Louden, T
Metrailler, L
Moyano, M
Pollacco, D
Poppenhaeger, K
Queloz, D
Raddi, R
Rauer, H
Raynard, L
Smith, AMS
Soto, M
Thompson, APG
Titz-Weider, R
Udry, S
Walker, SR
Watson, CA
West, RG
Wheatley, PJ
Publication Date
2018Journal Title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
ISSN
0035-8711
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Volume
475
Issue
4
Type
Article
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Bayliss, D., Gillen, E., Eigmüller, P., McCormac, J., Alexander, R., Armstrong, D., Booth, R., et al. (2018). NGTS-1b: A hot Jupiter transiting an M-dwarf. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475 (4) https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2778
Abstract
We present the discovery of NGTS-1b, a hot-Jupiter transiting an early
M-dwarf host ($T_{eff}=3916^{+71}_{-63}~K$) in a P=2.674d orbit discovered as
part of the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). The planet has a mass of
$0.812^{+0.066}_{-0.075}~M_{J}$, making it the most massive planet ever
discovered transiting an M-dwarf. The radius of the planet is
$1.33^{+0.61}_{-0.33}~R_{J}$. Since the transit is grazing, we determine this
radius by modelling the data and placing a prior on the density from the
population of known gas giant planets. NGTS-1b is the third transiting giant
planet found around an M-dwarf, reinforcing the notion that close-in gas giants
can form and migrate similar to the known population of hot Jupiters around
solar type stars. The host star shows no signs of activity, and the kinematics
hint at the star being from the thick disk population. With a deep (2.5%)
transit around a $K=11.9$ host, NGTS-1b will be a strong candidate to probe
giant planet composition around M-dwarfs via JWST transmission spectroscopy.
Sponsorship
The Royal Society (wm120055)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/N000927/1)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2778
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/280492
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