TOI-4438 b: a transiting mini-Neptune amenable to atmospheric characterization

E. Goffo; P. Chaturvedi; F. Murgas; G. Morello; J. Orell-Miquel; L. Acuña; L. Peña-Moñino; E. Pallé; A. P. Hatzes; S. Geraldía-González; F. J. Pozuelos; A. F. Lanza; D. Gandolfi; J. A. Caballero; M. Schlecker; M. Pérez-Torres; N. Lodieu; A. Schweitzer; C. Hellier; S. V. Jeffers; C. Duque-Arribas; C. Cifuentes; V. J.S. Béjar; M. Daspute; F. Dubois; S. Dufoer; E. Esparza-Borges; A. Fukui; Y. Hayashi; E. Herrero; M. Mori; N. Narita; H. Parviainen; L. Tal-Or; S. Vanaverbeke; I. Hermelo; P. J. Amado; S. Dreizler; Th Henning; J. Lillo-Box; R. Luque; M. Mallorquín; E. Nagel; A. Quirrenbach; S. Reffert; A. Reiners; I. Ribas; P. Schöfer; H. M. Tabernero; M. Zechmeister

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202349133

TOI-4438 b: a transiting mini-Neptune amenable to atmospheric characterization

E. Goffo
, P. Chaturvedi
, F. Murgas
, G. Morello
, J. Orell-Miquel
, L. Acuña
, L. Peña-Moñino
, E. Pallé
, A. P. Hatzes
, S. Geraldía-González
, F. J. Pozuelos
, A. F. Lanza
, D. Gandolfi
, J. A. Caballero
, M. Schlecker
, M. Pérez-Torres
, N. Lodieu
, A. Schweitzer
, C. Hellier
, S. V. Jeffers

C. Duque-Arribas, C. Cifuentes, V. J.S. Béjar, M. Daspute, F. Dubois, S. Dufoer, E. Esparza-Borges, A. Fukui, Y. Hayashi, E. Herrero, M. Mori, N. Narita, H. Parviainen, L. Tal-Or, S. Vanaverbeke, I. Hermelo, P. J. Amado, S. Dreizler, Th Henning, J. Lillo-Box, R. Luque, M. Mallorquín, E. Nagel, A. Quirrenbach, S. Reffert, A. Reiners, I. Ribas, P. Schöfer, H. M. Tabernero, M. Zechmeister

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We report the confirmation and mass determination of a mini-Neptune transiting the M3.5 V star TOI-4438 (G 182-34) every 7.44 days. A transit signal was detected with NASA's TESS space mission in the sectors 40, 52, and 53. In order to validate the planet TOI-4438 b and to determine the system properties, we combined TESS data with high-precision radial velocity measurements from the CARMENES spectrograph, spanning almost one year, and ground-based transit photometry. We found that TOI-4438 b has a radius of R_b = 2.52 ± 0.13 R_⊕ (5% precision), which together with a mass of M_b = 5.4 ± 1.1 M_⊕ (20% precision), results in a bulk density of ρ_b = 1.85_-0.44^+0.51 g cm^-3 (~28% precision), aligning the discovery with a volatile-rich planet. Our interior structure retrieval with a pure water envelope yields aminimum water mass fraction of 46% (1σ). TOI-4438 b is a volatile-rich mini-Neptune with likely H/He mixed with molecules, such as water, CO₂, and CH₄. The primary star has a J-band magnitude of 9.7, and the planet has a high transmission spectroscopy metric (TSM) of 136 ± 13. Taking into account the relatively warm equilibrium temperature of T_eq = 435 ± 15 K, and the low activity level of its host star, TOI-4438 b is one of the most promising mini-Neptunes around an M dwarf for transmission spectroscopy studies.

Original language	English
Article number	A147
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	685
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202349133
State	Published - 1 May 2024

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Planets and satellites: composition
Planets and satellites: detection
Techniques: photometric
Techniques: radial velocities

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Goffo, E., Chaturvedi, P., Murgas, F., Morello, G., Orell-Miquel, J., Acuña, L., Peña-Moñino, L., Pallé, E., Hatzes, A. P., Geraldía-González, S., Pozuelos, F. J., Lanza, A. F., Gandolfi, D., Caballero, J. A., Schlecker, M., Pérez-Torres, M., Lodieu, N., Schweitzer, A., Hellier, C., ... Zechmeister, M. (2024). TOI-4438 b: a transiting mini-Neptune amenable to atmospheric characterization. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 685, Article A147. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202349133

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AU - Acuña, L.

AU - Peña-Moñino, L.

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