Paper

Search for planets in hot Jupiter systems with multi-sector TESS photometry. III. A study of ten systems enhanced with new ground-based photometry

Stenglein, W, Fernández, M, Lapena, E, Bischoff, R, J Molins Freire, Amado, P J, Maciejewski, G, Ohlert, J, A Blanco Solsona, A De los Ríos Curieses, Mugrauer, M, K -U Michel, Temprano Sicilia, J A, Sota, A, Golonka, J

2023

Overview

The loneliness of hot Jupiters supports the high-eccentricity migration as a primary path leading to the formation of systems with those planets stripped of any close-in planetary companions. Here we present the null results of searches for low-mass planets close to hot Jupiters in 10 planetary systems: HAT-P-4, HAT-P-10, HAT-P-12, HAT-P-17, HAT-P-19, HAT-P-32, HAT-P-44, Qatar-6, TrES-4, and WASP-48. We employed multi-sector time-series photometry from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite enhanced with new ground-based transit light curves to determine the sizes of hypothetical planets that might still avoid being detected. We redetermined transit parameters for the known hot Jupiters using a homogenous approach. We refuted transit timing variations for HAT-P-12 b, claimed recently in the literature. The transit timing data permitted us to place tighter constraints on third bodies in HAT-P-19 and HAT-P-32 systems detected in Doppler measurements. We also study four multi-periodic pulsating variable stars in the field around HAT-P-17.

• Publisher: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
• Subject: Extrasolar planets / Gas giant planets / Hypothetical planets / Light curve / Photometry / Planet detection / Planetary systems / Transit / Variable stars