We report the discovery of three Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Objects of Interest (TOI) with signatures of pulsation, observed in more than one sector. Our main goal is to explore how large is the variety of classical pulsators such as δ Sct, γ Dor, RR Lyrae and Cepheid among TOI pulsators. The analysis reveals two stars with signatures of δ Sct and one of γ Dor, out of a sample of 3901 TOIs with available light curves (LCs). To date, there is a very scarce number of known pulsating stars hosting planets. The present finding also emerges as an exciting laboratory for studying different astrophysical phenomena, including the effects of star-planet interaction on pulsation and timing detection of planetary companions. We have also identified 16 TOI stars with periodicities and LCs morphology compatible with different classical pulsating classes, but for most of them, the dominant frequency signals originate from contaminating sources.
@article{arxiv.2402.15935,
title = {Pulsation in TESS Objects of Interest},
author = {R. L. Gomes and B. L. Canto Martins and D. O. Fontinele and L. A. Almeida and R. Alves Freire and A. C. Brito and R. G. S. B. de Amorim and C. E. Ferreira Lopes and D. Hazarika and E. Janot-Pacheco and I. C. Leão and Y. S. Messias and R. A. A. Souza and J. R. De Medeiros},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.15935},
year = {2024}
}
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14 pages, 3 figures, Submitted to ApJS and accepted for publication on January 15, 2024