A correlation between the heavy element content of transiting extrasolar planets and the metallicity of their parent stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 453, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Guillot, T ^a   Santos, N C ^b,c,d   Pont, F ^c   Iro, N ^e   Melo, C ^f   Ribas, I ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^g INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Planetary systems; Planets and satellites: formation; Stars: abundances

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAVY METALS; ORBITS; PLANETS; PROBABILITY; SATELLITES;

PLANETARY SYSTEMS; PLANETS AND SATELLITES: FORMATION; STARS: ABUNDANCES;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 33745746866     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065476     Document Type: Article

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