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NGTS-19b: a high-mass transiting brown dwarf in a 17-d eccentric orbit
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posted on 2021-06-15, 10:31 authored by Jack S Acton, Michael R Goad, Matthew R Burleigh, Sarah L Casewell, Hannes Breytenbach, Louise D Nielsen, Gareth Smith, David R Anderson, Matthew P Battley, Daniel Bayliss, François Bouchy, Edward M Bryant, Szilárd Csizmadia, Phillip Eigmüller, Samuel Gill, Edward Gillen, Nolan Grieves, Maximilian N Günther, Beth A Henderson, Simon T Hodgkin, James AG Jackman, James S Jenkins, Monika Lendl, James McCormac, Maximiliano Moyano, Richard P Nelson, Ramotholo R Sefako, Alexis MS Smith, Manu Stalport, Jessymol K Thomas, Rosanna H Tilbrook, Stéphane Udry, Richard G West, Peter J Wheatley, Hannah L Worters, Jose I Vines, Douglas R AlvesWe present the discovery of NGTS-19b, a high mass transiting brown dwarf
discovered by the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). We investigate the
system using follow up photometry from the South African Astronomical
Observatory, as well as sector 11 TESS data, in combination with radial
velocity measurements from the CORALIE spectrograph to precisely characterise
the system. We find that NGTS-19b is a brown dwarf companion to a K-star, with
a mass of $69.5 ^{+5.7}_{-5.4}$ M$_{Jup}$ and radius of $1.034
^{+0.055}_{-0.053}$ R$_{Jup}$. The system has a reasonably long period of 17.84
days, and a high degree of eccentricity of $0.3767 ^{+0.0061}_{-0.0061}$. The
mass and radius of the brown dwarf imply an age of $0.46 ^{+0.26}_{-0.15}$ Gyr,
however this is inconsistent with the age determined from the host star SED,
suggesting that the brown dwarf may be inflated. This is unusual given that its
large mass and relatively low levels of irradiation would make it much harder
to inflate. NGTS-19b adds to the small, but growing number of brown dwarfs
transiting main sequence stars, and is a valuable addition as we begin to
populate the so called brown dwarf desert.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 505, Issue 2, August 2021, Pages 2741–2752, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1459Author affiliation
School of Physics and AstronomyVersion
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyVolume
505Issue
2Pagination
2741-2752Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP) for Royal Astronomical Societyissn
0035-8711eissn
1365-2966Acceptance date
2021-05-18Copyright date
2021Available date
2021-06-15Publisher DOI
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