Radial velocity and photometric flux of TOI-3757

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We present the discovery of a new Jovian-sized planet, TOI-3757b, the lowest-density transiting planet known to orbit an M dwarf (M0V). This planet was discovered around a solar-metallicity M dwarf, using Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite photometry and confirmed with precise radial velocities from the Habitable-zone Planet Finder (HPF) and NEID. With a planetary radius of 12.0_-0.5_^+0.4^R{Earth} and mass of 85.3_-8.7_^+8.8^M{Earth}, not only does this object add to the small sample of gas giants (~10) around M dwarfs, but also its low density ({rho}=0.27_-0.04_^+0.05^g/cm^3^) provides an opportunity to test theories of planet formation. We present two hypotheses to explain its low density; first, we posit that the low metallicity of its stellar host (~0.3dex lower than the median metallicity of M dwarfs hosting gas giants) could have played a role in the delayed formation of a solid core massive enough to initiate runaway accretion. Second, using the eccentricity estimate of 0.14{+/-}0.06, we determine it is also plausible for tidal heating to at least partially be responsible for inflating the radius of TOI-3757b. The low density and large scale height of TOI-3757b makes it an excellent target for transmission spectroscopy studies of atmospheric escape and composition (transmission spectroscopy measurement of ~190). We use HPF to perform transmission spectroscopy of TOI-3757b using the helium 10830{AA} line. Doing this, we place an upper limit of 6.9% (with 90% confidence) on the maximum depth of the absorption from the metastable transition of He at ~10830{AA}, which can help constraint the atmospheric mass-loss rate in this energy-limited regime.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.51640081
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Provenance
Creator Kanodia S.; Libby-Roberts J.; Canas C.I.; Ninan J.P.; Mahadevan S.,Stefansson G.; Lin A.S.J.; Jones S.; Monson A.; Parker B.A.,Kobulnicky H.A.; Swaby T.N.; Powers L.; Beard C.; Bender C.F.; Blake C.H.,Cochran W.D.; Dong J.; Diddams S.A.; Fredrick C.; Gupta A.F.; Halverson S.,Hearty F.; Logsdon S.E.; Metcalf A.J.; McElwain M.W.; Morley C.,Rajagopal J.; Ramsey L.W.; Robertson P.; Roy A.; Schwab C.; Terrien R.C.,Wisniewski J.; Wright J.T.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2022
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy