| Autor: |
Kunitomo, Masanobu, Ikoma, Masahiro, Sato, Bun'ei, Katsuta, Yutaka, Ida, Shigeru |
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AIP Conference Proceedings; 3/10/2011, Vol. 1331 Issue 1, p314-318, 5p, 2 Graphs |
| Abstrakt: |
Around low- and intermediate-mass (1.5-3 M⊙) red giants, no planets have been found inside 0.6 AU. Such a paucity is not seen in the case of 1 M⊙ main sequence stars. In this study, we examine the possibility that short-period planets were engulfed by their host star evolving off the main sequence. To do so, we have simulated the orbital evolution of planets, including the effects of stellar tide and mass loss, to determine the critical semi-major axis, αcrit, beyond which planets survive the RGB expansion of their host star. We have found that αcrit changes drastically around 2 M⊙: In the lower-mass range, αcrit is more than 1 AU, while αcrit is as small as about 0.2 AU in the higher-mass range. Comparison with measured semi-major axes of known planets suggests that there is a lack of planets that only planet engulfment never accounts for in the higher-mass range. Whether the lack is real affects our understanding of planet formation. Therefore, increasing the number of planet samples around evolved intermediate-mass stars is quite meaningful to confirm robustness of the lack of planets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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