WASP-30b: a 61 Mjup brown dwarf transiting a V=12, F8 star

Details WASP-30b: a 61 Mjup brown dwarf transiting a V=12, F8 star WASP-30b: a 61 Mjup brown dwarf transiting a V=12, F8 star

2010-10-14

arxiv.org/abs/1010.3006v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

As accepted for publication in ApJL (6 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables)

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We report the discovery of a 61-Jupiter-mass brown dwarf, which transits its F8V host star, WASP-30, every 4.16 days. From a range of age indicators we estimate the system age to be 1-2 Gyr. We derive a radius (0.89 +/- 0.02 RJup) for the companion that is consistent with that predicted (0.914 RJup) by a model of a 1-Gyr-old, non-irradiated brown dwarf with a dusty atmosphere. The location of WASP-30b in the minimum of the mass-radius relation is consistent with the quantitative prediction of Chabrier & Baraffe (2000), thus confirming the theory.

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