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- Title
The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG VI. The curious case of TrES-4b.
- Authors
Sozzetti, A.; Bonomo, A. S.; Biazzo, K.; Mancini, L.; Damasso, M.; Desidera, S.; Gratton, R.; Lanza, A. F.; Poretti, E.; Rainer, M.; Malavolta, L.; Affer, L.; Barbieri, M.; Bedin, L. R.; Boccato, C.; Bonavita, M.; Borsa, F.; Ciceri, S.; Claudi, R. U.; Gandolfi, D.
- Abstract
We update the TrES-4 system parameters using high-precision HARPS-N radial-velocity measurements and new photometric light curves. A combined spectroscopic and photometric analysis allows us to determine a spectroscopic orbit with a semi-amplitude K = 51 ± 3 ms-1. The derived mass of TrES-4b is found to be Mp = 0.49 ± 0.04 MJup, significantly lower than previously reported. Combined with the large radius (Rp = 1.84+0.08-0.09 RJup) inferred from our analysis, TrES-4b becomes the transiting hot Jupiter with the second-lowest density known. We discuss several scenarios to explain the puzzling discrepancy in the mass of TrES-4b in the context of the exotic class of highly inflated transiting giant planets.
- Subjects
RADIAL velocity of stars; ASTRONOMICAL photometry; GAS giants; ASTRONOMICAL spectroscopy; JUPITER (Planet); ASTRONOMICAL observations
- Publication
Astronomy & Astrophysics / Astronomie et Astrophysique, 2015, Vol 575, p1
- ISSN
0004-6361
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/201425570