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most citedA giant exoplanet orbiting a very low-mass star challenges planet formation models

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23 papers

astro-ph.EP2020★ 46 cited

Precise mass and radius of a transiting super-Earth planet orbiting the M dwarf TOI-1235: a planet in the radius gap?

P. Bluhm, R. Luque, N. Espinoza +78

We report the confirmation of a transiting planet around the bright, inactive M0.5 V star TOI-1235 (TYC 4384-1735-1, V = 11.5 mag), whose transit signal was detected in the photome…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 130 cited

A giant exoplanet orbiting a very low-mass star challenges planet formation models

J. C. Morales, A. J. Mustill, I. Ribas +179

Statistical analyses from exoplanet surveys around low-mass stars indicate that super-Earth and Neptune-mass planets are more frequent than gas giants around such stars, in agreeme…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 129 cited

Planetary system around the nearby M dwarf GJ 357 including a transiting, hot, Earth-sized planet optimal for atmospheric characterization

R. Luque, E. Pallé, D. Kossakowski +73

We report the detection of a transiting Earth-size planet around GJ 357, a nearby M2.5V star, using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). GJ 357 b (TOI-562.01…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 29 cited

The Penn State - Toruń Centre for Astronomy Planet Search stars IV. Dwarfs and the complete sample

B. Deka-Szymankiewicz, A. Niedzielski, M. Adamczyk +3

Our knowledge of the intrinsic parameters of exoplanets is as precise as our determinations of their stellar hosts parameters. In the case of radial velocity searches for planets,…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 6 cited

Tracking Advanced Planetary Systems (TAPAS) with HARPS-N. V.: A Massive Jupiter orbiting the very low metallicity giant star BD+03 2562 and a possible planet around HD~103485

E. Villaver, A. Niedzielski, A. Wolszczan +6

We present two evolved stars from the TAPAS (Tracking Advanced PlAnetary Systems) with HARPS-N project devoted to RV precision measurements of identified candidates within the Penn…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 24 cited

TAPAS IV. TYC 3667-1280-1 b - the most massive red giant star hosting a warm Jupiter

A. Niedzielski, E. Villaver, G. Nowak +6

We present the latest result of the TAPAS project that is devoted to intense monitoring of planetary candidates that are identified within the PennState-Toruń planet search. We aim…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 10 cited

Tracking Advanced Planetary Systems (TAPAS) with HARPS-N. III. HD 5583 and BD+15 2375 - two cool giants with warm companions

A. Niedzielski, E. Villaver, G. Nowak +6

Evolved stars are crucial pieces to understand the dependency of the planet formation mechanism on the stellar mass and to explore deeper the mechanism involved in star-planet inte…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 2 cited

The Penn State - Toruń Centre for Astronomy Planet Search stars. III. The evolved stars sample

A. Niedzielski, B. Deka-Szymankiewicz, M. Adamczyk +3

We present basic atmospheric parameters (, , and [Fe/H]), rotation velocities and absolute radial velocities as well as luminosities, masses, ages and radii…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 33 cited

TAPAS - Tracking Advanced Planetary Systems with HARPS-N. II. Super Li-rich giant HD 107028

M. Adamow, A. Niedzielski, E. Villaver +5

Lithium rich giant stars are rare objects. For some of them, Li enrichment exceeds abundance of this element found in solar system meteorites, suggesting that these stars have gone…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 41 cited

Three red giants with substellar-mass companions

A. Niedzielski, A. Wolszczan, G. Nowak +5

We present three giant stars from the ongoing Penn State-Toruń Planet Search with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, which exhibit radial velocity variations that point to a presence of p…

astro-ph.EP2015

On the GJ 436 planetary system

G. Maciejewski, A. Niedzielski, G. Nowak +4

The GJ 436 system contains a transiting planet GJ 436 b which is a hot analogue of Neptune on an eccentric orbit. Recently, two additional transiting sub-Earth planets have been po…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 69 cited

The HU Aqr planetary system hypothesis revisited

K. Gozdziewski, A. Slowikowska, D. Dimitrov +11

We study the mid-egress eclipse timing data gathered for the cataclysmic binary HU Aquarii during the years 1993-2014. The (O-C) residuals were previously attributed to a single ~7…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 32 cited

Tracking Advanced Planetary Systems with HARPS-N (TAPAS). I. A multiple planetary system around the red giant star TYC 1422-614-1

A. Niedzielski, E. Villaver, A. Wolszczan +7

Context. Stars that have evolved-off the Main Sequence are crucial in expanding the frontiers of knowledge on exoplanets toward higher stellar masses, and to constrain star-planet…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 51 cited

The Penn State - Torun Centre for Astronomy Planet Search stars. II. Lithium abundance analysis of the Red Giant Clump sample

M. Adamow, A. Niedzielski, E. Villaver +2

Using the sample of 348 stars from the PennState-Torun Centre for Astronomy Planet Search, for which uniformly determined atmospheric parameters are available, with chemical abunda…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 8 cited

Investigation of a transiting planet candidate in Trumpler 37: an astrophysical false positive eclipsing spectroscopic binary star

R. Errmann, G. Torres, T. O. B. Schmidt +50

We report our investigation of the first transiting planet candidate from the YETI project in the young (~4 Myr old) open cluster Trumpler 37. The transit-like signal detected in t…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 57 cited

Constraints on a second planet in the WASP-3 system

G. Maciejewski, A. Niedzielski, A. Wolszczan +30

There have been previous hints that the transiting planet WASP-3 b is accompanied by a second planet in a nearby orbit, based on small deviations from strict periodicity of the obs…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 57 cited

Multi-site campaign for transit timing variations of WASP-12 b: possible detection of a long-period signal of planetary origin

G. Maciejewski, D. Dimitrov, M. Seeliger +38

The transiting planet WASP-12 b was identified as a potential target for transit timing studies because a departure from a linear ephemeris was reported in the literature. Such dev…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 33 cited

Planets Around the K-Giants BD+20 274 and HD 219415

S. Gettel, A. Wolszczan, A. Niedzielski +4

We present the discovery of planet-mass companions to two giant stars by the ongoing Penn State- Toruń Planet Search (PTPS) conducted with the 9.2 m Hobby-Eberly Telescope. The les…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 33 cited

The Penn State-Torun Centre for Astronomy Planet Search stars. I. Spectroscopic analysis of 348 red giants

P. Zielinski, A. Niedzielski, A. Wolszczan +2

We present basic atmospheric parameters (Teff, logg, vt and [Fe/H]) as well as luminosities, masses, radii and absolute radial velocities for 348 stars, presumably giants, from the…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 62 cited

BD+48 740 - Li overabundant giant star with a planet. A case of recent engulfment?

M. Adamów, A. Niedzielski, E. Villaver +2

We report the discovery of a unique object, BD+48 740, a lithium overabundant giant with A(Li)=2.33 +/- 0.04 (where A(Li) = log(n_Li/n_H) + 12), that exhibits radial velocity (RV)…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 76 cited

Substellar-Mass Companions to the K-Giants HD 240237, BD +48 738 and HD 96127

S. Gettel, A. Wolszczan, A. Niedzielski +4

We present the discovery of substellar-mass companions to three giant stars by the ongoing Penn State-Toruń Planet Search (PTPS) conducted with the 9.2 m Hobby-Eberly Telescope. Th…

astro-ph.EP2010

The Penn State - Toruń Planet Search: target characteristics and recent results

P. Zieliński, A. Niedzielski, A. Wolszczan +3

More than 450 stars hosting planets are known today but only approximately 30 planetary systems were discovered around stars beyond the Main Sequence. The Penn State-Toruń Planet S…

astro-ph2008★ 72 cited

A Planet in a 0.6-AU Orbit Around the K0 Giant HD 102272

A. Niedzielski, K. Go\' zdziewski, A. Wolszczan +3

We report the discovery of one or more planet-mass companions to the K0-giant HD 102272 with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. In the absence of any correlation of the observed periodici…