A sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star: No evidence of transits in TESS photometry

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Hauptverfasser: Stefanov, A. K., Hernández, J. I. González, Mascareño, A. Suárez, Nari, N., Rebolo, R., Damasso, M., Castro-González, A., Osorio, M. -R. Zapatero, Prieto, C. Allende, Silva, A. M., Martins, C. J. A. P.
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author Stefanov, A. K.
Hernández, J. I. González
Mascareño, A. Suárez
Nari, N.
Rebolo, R.
Damasso, M.
Castro-González, A.
Osorio, M. -R. Zapatero
Prieto, C. Allende
Silva, A. M.
Martins, C. J. A. P.
author_facet Stefanov, A. K.
Hernández, J. I. González
Mascareño, A. Suárez
Nari, N.
Rebolo, R.
Damasso, M.
Castro-González, A.
Osorio, M. -R. Zapatero
Prieto, C. Allende
Silva, A. M.
Martins, C. J. A. P.
contents A sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star, designated as Barnard b, has been recently announced. At almost the same time, the first photometric data of Barnard's star by the Transit Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was released in Sector 80. We explore the possibility of emergent transits of Barnard b in TESS photometry. The detrended 2 min light curve appears to be flat, with a flux root mean square of 0.411 parts per thousand. Attempts of blind and informed transit-curve model inference suggest no evidence of transiting Barnard b, or any other body. This provides a 3$σ$ upper bound of 87.9 degrees for the orbital inclination of Barnard b.
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spellingShingle A sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star: No evidence of transits in TESS photometry
Stefanov, A. K.
Hernández, J. I. González
Mascareño, A. Suárez
Nari, N.
Rebolo, R.
Damasso, M.
Castro-González, A.
Osorio, M. -R. Zapatero
Prieto, C. Allende
Silva, A. M.
Martins, C. J. A. P.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
A sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star, designated as Barnard b, has been recently announced. At almost the same time, the first photometric data of Barnard's star by the Transit Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was released in Sector 80. We explore the possibility of emergent transits of Barnard b in TESS photometry. The detrended 2 min light curve appears to be flat, with a flux root mean square of 0.411 parts per thousand. Attempts of blind and informed transit-curve model inference suggest no evidence of transiting Barnard b, or any other body. This provides a 3$σ$ upper bound of 87.9 degrees for the orbital inclination of Barnard b.
title A sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star: No evidence of transits in TESS photometry
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00577