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  • Barragán, O; Aigrain, S; Kubyshkina, D; Gandolfi, D; Livingston, J; Fridlund, M C V; Fossati, L; Korth, J; Parviainen, H; Malavolta, L; Palle, E; Deeg, H J; Nowak, G; Rajpaul, V M; Zicher, N; Antoniciello, G; Narita, N; Albrecht, S; Bedin, L R; Cabrera, J; Cochran, W D; de Leon, J; Eigmüller, Ph; Fukui, A; Granata, V; Grziwa, S; Guenther, E; Hatzes, A P; Kusakabe, N; Latham, D W; Libralato, M; Luque, R; Montañés-Rodríguez, P; Murgas, F; Nardiello, D; Pagano, I; Piotto, G; Persson, C M; Redfield, S; Tamura, M

    arXiv.org, 09/2019
    Paper, Journal Article

    We present a detailed analysis of HARPS-N radial velocity observations of K2-100, a young and active star in the Praesepe cluster, which hosts a transiting planet with a period of 1.7 days. We model the activity-induced radial velocity variations of the host star with a multi-dimensional Gaussian Process framework and detect a planetary signal of \(10.6 \pm 3.0 {\rm m\,s^{-1}}\), which matches the transit ephemeris, and translates to a planet mass of \(21.8 \pm 6.2 M_\oplus\). We perform a suite of validation tests to confirm that our detected signal is genuine. This is the first mass measurement for a transiting planet in a young open cluster. The relatively low density of the planet, \(2.04^{+0.66}_{-0.61} {\rm g\,cm^{-3}}\), implies that K2-100b retains a significant volatile envelope. We estimate that the planet is losing its atmosphere at a rate of \(10^{11}-10^{12}\,{\rm g\,s^{-1}}\) due to the high level of radiation it receives from its host star.