Planetary candidates transiting cool dwarf stars from campaigns 12 to 15 of K2

2020/07/31 by A. Castro-González, A. Castro González, E. Díez Alonso +26 · 17 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Asteroseismology #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Physics #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.EP #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/mnras/staa2353

published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 499(4), 5416-5441 (Oxford University Press) · Accepted for publication in MNRAS

openalex created_date 2020/07/29 · arxiv created 2020/07/31 · openalex publication_date 2020/09/14 · arxiv updated 2020/11/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

ABSTRACT We analysed the photometry of 20 038 cool stars from campaigns 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the K2 mission in order to detect, characterize, and validate new planetary candidates transiting low-mass stars. We present a catalogue of 25 new periodic transit-like signals in 22 stars, of which we computed the parameters of the stellar host for 19 stars and the planetary parameters for 21 signals. We acquired speckle and AO images, and also inspected archival Pan-STARRS1 images and Gaia DR2 to discard the presence of close stellar companions and to check possible transit dilutions due to nearby stars. False positive probability (FPP) was computed for 22 signals, obtaining FPP < 1 \rm per cent for 17. We consider 12 of them as statistically validated planets. One signal is a false positive and the remaining 12 signals are considered as planet candidates. 20 signals have an orbital period of P_{\rm orb} \lt 10 d, 2 have 10 d \lt P_{\rm orb} \lt 20 d, and 3 have P_{\rm orb} \gt 20 d. Regarding radii, 11 candidates and validated planets have computed radius R < 2R⊕, 9 have 2R⊕ < R < 4R⊕, and 1 has R > 4R⊕. Two validated planets and two candidates are located in moderately bright stars (\rm m_kep\lt 13) and two validated planets and three candidates have derived orbital radius within the habitable zone according to optimistic models. Of special interest is the validated warm super-Earth K2-323 b (EPIC 248616368 b) with T_{\rm eq} = 318⁺²⁴_-43 K, S_{\rm p} = 1.7± 0.2 S_⊕ , and R_{\rm p} = 2.1± 0.1 R_⊕ , located in an m\rm _kep = 14.13 star.

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