The eccentricity-mass distribution of exoplanets: Signatures of different formation mechanisms?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 464, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 779-785

  Ribas, I ^a   Miralda Escude J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Planetary systems; Planetary systems: formation; Stars: formation; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; OPACITY; ORBITS; STARS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BROWN DWARFS; ECCENTRICITY; EXOPLANETS; MASS DISTRIBUTION; PLANETARY SYSTEMS;

PLANETS;

EID: 33947248532     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065726     Document Type: Article

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