Chemical abundances of Giant Planet Host Stars

The positive correlation between planet detection rate and host star iron abundance lends strong support to the core accretion theory of planet formation. However, iron is not the most significant mass contributor to the cores of giant planets. Since giant planet cores are thought to grow from sil...

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Main Author: Brugamyer, Erik John
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/30313