Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XV. CoRoT-15b: A brown-dwarf transiting companion

Bouchy, F; Deleuil, M; Guillot, T; Aigrain, S; Carone, L; Cochran, WD; Almenara, JM; Alonso, R; Auvergne, M; Baglin, A; Barge, P; Bonomo, AS; Bordé, P; Csizmadia, S; De Bondt, K; Deeg, HJ; Díaz, RF; Dvorak, R; Endl, M; Erikson, A; Ferraz-Mello, S; Fridlund, M; Gandolfi, D; Gazzano, JC; Gibson, N; Gillon, M; Guenther, E; Hatzes, A; Havel, M; Hébrard, G; Jorda, L; Léger, A; Lovis, C; Llebaria, A; Lammer, H; MacQueen, PJ; Mazeh, T; Moutou, C; Ofir, A; Ollivier, M; Parviainen, H; Pätzold, M; Queloz, D; Rauer, H; Rouan, D; Santerne, A; Schneider, J; Tingley, B; Wuchterl, G

Abstract:

We report the discovery by the CoRoT space mission of a transiting brown dwarf orbiting a F7V star with an orbital period of 3.06 days. CoRoT-15b has a radius of 1.12+0.30-0.15 RJup and a mass of 63.3 ± 4.1 MJup, and is thus the second transiting companion lying in the theoretical mass domain of brown dwarfs. CoRoT-15b is either very young or inflated compared to standard evolution models, a situation similar to that of M-dwarf stars orbiting close to solar-typestars. Spectroscopic constraint...

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Bouchy, F., Deleuil, M., Guillot, T., Aigrain, S., Carone, L., Cochran, W. D., Almenara, J. M., Alonso, R., Auvergne, M., Baglin, A., Barge, P., Bonomo, A. S., Bordé, P., Csizmadia, S., De Bondt, K., Deeg, H. J., Díaz, R. F., Dvorak, R., Endl, M., … Wuchterl, G. (2011). Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XV. CoRoT-15b: A brown-dwarf transiting companion. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 525(19).

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Bouchy, F., et al. “Transiting Exoplanets from the CoRoT Space Mission: XV. CoRoT-15b: A Brown-Dwarf Transiting Companion.” Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 525, no. 19, 2011.

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Bouchy, F, M Deleuil, T Guillot, S Aigrain, L Carone, WD Cochran, JM Almenara, et al. 2011. “Transiting Exoplanets from the CoRoT Space Mission: XV. CoRoT-15b: A Brown-Dwarf Transiting Companion.” Astronomy and Astrophysics 525 (19).
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