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A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert
(Springer Nature Research Journals, 2020-07-01) Armstrong, D. J.; López, T. A.; Adibekyan, V.; Booth, R. A.; Bryant, E. M.; Collins, K. A.; Deleuil, M.; Emsenhuber, A.; Huang, C. X.; King, G. W.; Lillo Box, J.; Lissauer, J. J.; Matthews, E.; Mousis, O.; Nielsen, L. D.; Osborn, Hugh P.; Otegi, J.; Santos, N. C.; Sousa, S. G.; Stassun, K. G.; Veras, D.; Ziegler, C.; Acton, J. S.; Almenara, J. M.; Anderson, D. R.; Barrado, D.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bayliss, D.; Belardi, C.; Bouchy, F.; Briceño, C.; Brogi, M.; Brown, D. J. A.; Burleigh, M. R.; Casewell, S. L.; Chausev, A.; Ciardi, D. R.; Collins, K. I.; Colón, K. D.; Cooke, B. F.; Crossfield, J. M.; Díaz, R. F.; Delgado Mena, E.; Gandhi, O. D. S.; Gill, Samuel; Gonzales, E. J.; Goad, M. R.; Günther, M. N.; Helled, R.; Hojjatpanah, S.; Howell, Steve B.; Jackman, J.; Jenkins, J. S.; Jenkins, J. M.; Jensen, E. L. N.; Kennedy, G. M.; Latham, D. W.; Law, N.; Osborn, M.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Raynard, L.; Ricker, G. R.; Rowden, P.; Santerne, A.; Schlieder, J. E.; Seager, S.; Sha, L.; Tan, T. G.; Tilbrook, R. H.; Ting, E.; Udry, S.; Vanderspek, R.; Watson, C. A.; West, R. G.; Wilson, P. A.; Winn, J. N.; Wheatley, P.; Villaseñor, J. N.; Vines, J. I.; Zhan, Z.; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT); Collins, K. A. [0000-0002-4317-142X]; Lillo Box, J. [0000-0003-3742-1987]; Matthews, E. [0000-0003-0593-1560]; Sousa, S. [0000-0002-3631-6440]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
The interiors of giant planets remain poorly understood. Even for the planets in the Solar System, difficulties in observation lead to large uncertainties in the properties of planetary cores. Exoplanets that have undergone rare evolutionary processes provide a route to understanding planetary interiors. Planets found in and near the typically barren hot-Neptune 'desert'(1,2)(a region in mass-radius space that contains few planets) have proved to be particularly valuable in this regard. These planets include HD149026b(3), which is thought to have an unusually massive core, and recent discoveries such as LTT9779b(4)and NGTS-4b(5), on which photoevaporation has removed a substantial part of their outer atmospheres. Here we report observations of the planet TOI-849b, which has a radius smaller than Neptune's but an anomalously large mass of39.1-2.6+2.7Earth masses and a density of5.2-0.8+0.7grams per cubic centimetre, similar to Earth's. Interior-structure models suggest that any gaseous envelope of pure hydrogen and helium consists of no more than3.9-0.9+0.8 per cent of the total planetary mass. The planet could have been a gas giant before undergoing extreme mass loss via thermal self-disruption or giant planet collisions, or it could have avoided substantial gas accretion, perhaps through gap opening or late formation(6). Although photoevaporation rates cannot account for the mass loss required to reduce a Jupiter-like gas giant, they can remove a small (a few Earth masses) hydrogen and helium envelope on timescales of several billion years, implying that any remaining atmosphere on TOI-849b is likely to be enriched by water or other volatiles from the planetary interior. We conclude that TOI-849b is the remnant core of a giant planet.
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The Gaia -ESO Survey: A new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters: I. Stellar parameters, and iron-peak, α -, and proton-capture elements
(EDP Sciences, 2020-01-31) Baratella, M.; D´Orazi, V.; Carraro, G.; Desidera, S.; Randich, S.; Magrini, L.; Adibekyan, V.; Smiljanic, R.; Spina, L.; Tsantaki, M.; Tautvaisilenè, G.; Sousa, S. G.; Jofre, P.; Jiménez Esteban, F. M.; Delgado Mena, E.; Martell, S.; Van der Swaelmen, M.; Roccatagliata, V.; Gilmore, G.; Alfaro, Emilio J.; Bayo, A.; Bensby, T.; Bragaglia, A.; Franciosini, E.; Gonneau, A.; Heiter, U.; Hourihane, A.; Jeffries, R. D.; Koposov, S. E.; Morbidelli, L.; Prisinzano, L.; Sacco, G.; Sbordone, L.; Worley, Christopher; Zaggia, S.; Lewis, J.; European Commission (EC); Leverhulme Trust; Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Jeffries, R. D. [0000-0001-5668-1288]; Magrini, L. [0000-0003-4486-6802]; Mena, E. D. [0000-0003-4434-2195]; Smiljanic, R. [0000-0003-0942-7855]; Koposov, S. [0000-0003-2644-135X]; Carraro, G. [0000-0002-0155-9434]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
Context. Open clusters are recognised as excellent tracers of Galactic thin-disc properties. At variance with intermediate-age and old open clusters, for which a significant number of studies is now available, clusters younger than ≲ 150 Myr have been mostly overlooked in terms of their chemical composition until recently (with few exceptions). On the other hand, previous investigations seem to indicate an anomalous behaviour of young clusters, which includes (but is not limited to) slightly sub-solar iron (Fe) abundances and extreme, unexpectedly high barium (Ba) enhancements. Aims. In a series of papers, we plan to expand our understanding of this topic and investigate whether these chemical peculiarities are instead related to abundance analysis techniques. Methods. We present a new determination of the atmospheric parameters for 23 dwarf stars observed by the Gaia-ESO survey in five young open clusters (τ < 150 Myr) and one star-forming region (NGC 2264). We exploit a new method based on titanium (Ti) lines to derive the spectroscopic surface gravity, and most importantly, the microturbulence parameter. A combination of Ti and Fe lines is used to obtain effective temperatures. We also infer the abundances of Fe » I, Fe » II, Ti » I, Ti » II, Na » I, Mg » I, Al » I, Si » I, Ca » I, Cr » I, and Ni » I. Results. Our findings are in fair agreement with Gaia-ESO iDR5 results for effective temperatures and surface gravities, but suggest that for very young stars, the microturbulence parameter is over-estimated when Fe lines are employed. This affects the derived chemical composition and causes the metal content of very young clusters to be under-estimated. Conclusions. Our clusters display a metallicity [Fe/H] between +0.04 ± 0.01 and +0.12 ± 0.02; they are not more metal poor than the Sun. Although based on a relatively small sample size, our explorative study suggests that we may not need to call for ad hoc explanations to reconcile the chemical composition of young open clusters with Galactic chemical evolution models. © ESO 2020.