Radial velocities and photometry of K2-114&K2-115

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We report the first results from a search for transiting warm Jupiter exoplanets-gas giant planets receiving stellar irradiation below about 10^8^ erg/s/cm^2^, equivalent to orbital periods beyond about 10 days around Sun-like stars. We have discovered two transiting warm Jupiter exoplanets initially identified as transiting candidates in K2 photometry. K2-114b has a mass of 1.85_-0.22_^+0.23^ M_J_, a radius of 0.942_-0.020_^+0.032^ R_J_, and an orbital period of 11.4 days. K2-115b has a mass of 0.84_-0.20_^+0.18^ M_J_, a radius of 1.115_-0.061_^+0.057^ R_J_, and an orbital period of 20.3 days. Both planets are among the longest-period transiting gas giant planets with a measured mass, and they are orbiting relatively old host stars. Both planets are not inflated, as their radii are consistent with theoretical expectations. Their position in the planet radius-stellar irradiation diagram is consistent with the scenario where the radius-irradiation correlation levels off below about 10^8^ erg/s/cm^2^, suggesting that for warm Jupiters stellar irradiation does not play a significant role in determining the planet radius. We also report our identification of another K2 transiting warm Jupiter candidate, EPIC 212504617, as a false positive.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.51540188
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Provenance
Creator Shporer A.; Zhou G.; Fulton B.J.; Vanderburg A.; Espinoza N.; Collins K.,Ciardi D.; Bayliss D.; Armstrong J.D.; Bento J.; Bouchy F.; Cochran W.D.,Cameron A.C.; Colon K.; Crossfield I.; Dragomir D.; Howard A.W.,Howell S.B.; Isaacson H.; Kielkopf J.F.; Murgas F.; Sefako R.; Sinukoff E.,Siverd R.; Udry S.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2018
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy