The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. XVIII. Two new giant planets around the metal-poor stars HD 220197 and HD 233832

2019 
Context. Statistical studies of exoplanets have shown that giant planets are more commonly hosted by metal-rich dwarf stars than low-metallicity stars, while no such correlation is evident for lower mass planets. The search for giant planets around metal-poor stars and the estimate of their occurrence fp is an important element in providing support to models of planet formation. Aims. We present results from the HARPS-N search for giant planets orbiting metal-poor (-1:0 ≤ [Fe/H] ≤ -0:5 dex) stars in the northern hemisphere, complementing a previous HARPS survey on southern stars in order to update the estimate of fp. Methods. High-precision HARPS-N observations of 42 metal-poor stars were used to search for planetary signals to be fitted using differential evolution Markov chain Monte Carlo single-Keplerian models. We then joined our detections to the results of the previous HARPS survey on 88 metal-poor stars to provide a preliminary estimate of the two-hemisphere fp. Results. We report the detection of two new giant planets around HD 220197 and HD 233832. The first companion has Msin i = 0:20+0:07-0:04 MJup and an orbital period of 1728+162-80 days, and for the second companion, we find two solutions of equal statistical weight with periods of 2058+47-40 and 4047c+91-117 days and minimum masses of 1:78+0:08-0:06 and 2:72+0:23-0:23 MJup, respectively. Joining our two detections with the three from the southern survey, we obtain a preliminary and conservative estimate of the global frequency of fp = 3:84+2:45 -1:06% for giant planets around metal-poor stars. Conclusions. The two new giant planets orbit dwarf stars at the metal-rich end of the HARPS-N metal-poor sample. This corroborates previous results that suggested that giant planet frequency is still a rising function of the host star [Fe/H].We also note that all detections in the overall sample are giant long-period planets.
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