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author Kanodia, Shubham
Gupta, Arvind F.
Canas, Caleb I.
Bernabo, Lia Marta
Reji, Varghese
Han, Te
Brady, Madison
Seifahrt, Andreas
Cochran, William D.
Morrell, Nidia
Basant, Ritvik
Bean, Jacob
Bender, Chad F.
de Beurs, Zoe L.
Bieryla, Allyson
Birkholz, Alexina
Brown, Nina
Chapman, Franklin
Ciardi, David R.
Clark, Catherine A.
Cotter, Ethan G.
Diddams, Scott A.
Halverson, Samuel
Hawley, Suzanne
Hebb, Leslie
Holcomb, Rae
Howell, Steve B.
Kobulnicky, Henry A.
Kowalski, Adam F.
Larsen, Alexander
Libby-Roberts, Jessica
Lin, Andrea S. J.
Lund, Michael B.
Luque, Rafael
Monson, Andrew
Ninan, Joe P.
Parker, Brock A.
Patel, Nishka
Rodruck, Michael
Ross, Gabrielle
Roy, Arpita
Schwab, Christian
Stefánsson, Guðmundur
Thoms, Aubrie
Vanderburg, Andrew
author_facet Kanodia, Shubham
Gupta, Arvind F.
Canas, Caleb I.
Bernabo, Lia Marta
Reji, Varghese
Han, Te
Brady, Madison
Seifahrt, Andreas
Cochran, William D.
Morrell, Nidia
Basant, Ritvik
Bean, Jacob
Bender, Chad F.
de Beurs, Zoe L.
Bieryla, Allyson
Birkholz, Alexina
Brown, Nina
Chapman, Franklin
Ciardi, David R.
Clark, Catherine A.
Cotter, Ethan G.
Diddams, Scott A.
Halverson, Samuel
Hawley, Suzanne
Hebb, Leslie
Holcomb, Rae
Howell, Steve B.
Kobulnicky, Henry A.
Kowalski, Adam F.
Larsen, Alexander
Libby-Roberts, Jessica
Lin, Andrea S. J.
Lund, Michael B.
Luque, Rafael
Monson, Andrew
Ninan, Joe P.
Parker, Brock A.
Patel, Nishka
Rodruck, Michael
Ross, Gabrielle
Roy, Arpita
Schwab, Christian
Stefánsson, Guðmundur
Thoms, Aubrie
Vanderburg, Andrew
contents Transiting giant exoplanets around M-dwarf stars (GEMS) are rare, owing to the low-mass host stars. However, the all-sky coverage of TESS has enabled the detection of an increasingly large number of them to enable statistical surveys like the \textit{Searching for GEMS} survey. As part of this endeavour, we describe the observations of six transiting giant planets, which includes precise mass measurements for two GEMS (K2-419Ab, TOI-6034b) and statistical validation for four systems, which includes validation and mass upper limits for three of them (TOI-5218b, TOI-5616b, TOI-5634Ab), while the fourth one -- TOI-5414b is classified as a `likely planet'. Our observations include radial velocities from the Habitable-zone Planet Finder on the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, and MAROON-X on Gemini-North, along with photometry and high-contrast imaging from multiple ground-based facilities. In addition to TESS photometry, K2-419Ab was also observed and statistically validated as part of the K2 mission in Campaigns 5 and 18, which provides precise orbital and planetary constraints despite the faint host star and long orbital period of $\sim 20.4$ days. With an equilibrium temperature of only 380 K, K2-419Ab is one of the coolest known well-characterized transiting planets. TOI-6034 has a late F-type companion about 40\arcsec~away, making it the first GEMS host star to have an earlier main-sequence binary companion. These confirmations add to the existing small sample of confirmed transiting GEMS.
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spellingShingle Searching for GEMS: Characterizing Six Giant Planets around Cool Dwarfs
Kanodia, Shubham
Gupta, Arvind F.
Canas, Caleb I.
Bernabo, Lia Marta
Reji, Varghese
Han, Te
Brady, Madison
Seifahrt, Andreas
Cochran, William D.
Morrell, Nidia
Basant, Ritvik
Bean, Jacob
Bender, Chad F.
de Beurs, Zoe L.
Bieryla, Allyson
Birkholz, Alexina
Brown, Nina
Chapman, Franklin
Ciardi, David R.
Clark, Catherine A.
Cotter, Ethan G.
Diddams, Scott A.
Halverson, Samuel
Hawley, Suzanne
Hebb, Leslie
Holcomb, Rae
Howell, Steve B.
Kobulnicky, Henry A.
Kowalski, Adam F.
Larsen, Alexander
Libby-Roberts, Jessica
Lin, Andrea S. J.
Lund, Michael B.
Luque, Rafael
Monson, Andrew
Ninan, Joe P.
Parker, Brock A.
Patel, Nishka
Rodruck, Michael
Ross, Gabrielle
Roy, Arpita
Schwab, Christian
Stefánsson, Guðmundur
Thoms, Aubrie
Vanderburg, Andrew
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Transiting giant exoplanets around M-dwarf stars (GEMS) are rare, owing to the low-mass host stars. However, the all-sky coverage of TESS has enabled the detection of an increasingly large number of them to enable statistical surveys like the \textit{Searching for GEMS} survey. As part of this endeavour, we describe the observations of six transiting giant planets, which includes precise mass measurements for two GEMS (K2-419Ab, TOI-6034b) and statistical validation for four systems, which includes validation and mass upper limits for three of them (TOI-5218b, TOI-5616b, TOI-5634Ab), while the fourth one -- TOI-5414b is classified as a `likely planet'. Our observations include radial velocities from the Habitable-zone Planet Finder on the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, and MAROON-X on Gemini-North, along with photometry and high-contrast imaging from multiple ground-based facilities. In addition to TESS photometry, K2-419Ab was also observed and statistically validated as part of the K2 mission in Campaigns 5 and 18, which provides precise orbital and planetary constraints despite the faint host star and long orbital period of $\sim 20.4$ days. With an equilibrium temperature of only 380 K, K2-419Ab is one of the coolest known well-characterized transiting planets. TOI-6034 has a late F-type companion about 40\arcsec~away, making it the first GEMS host star to have an earlier main-sequence binary companion. These confirmations add to the existing small sample of confirmed transiting GEMS.
title Searching for GEMS: Characterizing Six Giant Planets around Cool Dwarfs
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14694