Planet occurrence and stellar metallicity for KOIs Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Mulders G.D.
  2. Pascucci I.
  3. Apai D.
  4. Frasca A.
  5. Molenda-Zakowicz J.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Host star metallicity provides a measure of the conditions in protoplanetary disks at the time of planet formation. Using a sample of over 20000 Kepler stars with spectroscopic metallicities from the LAMOST survey, we explore how the exoplanet population depends on host star metallicity as a function of orbital period and planet size. We find that exoplanets with orbital periods less than 10 days are preferentially found around metal-rich stars ([Fe/H]{simeq}0.15+/-0.05dex). The occurrence rates of these hot exoplanets increases to ~30% for super-solar metallicity stars from ~10% for stars with a sub-solar metallicity. Cooler exoplanets, which reside at longer orbital periods and constitute the bulk of the exoplanet population with an occurrence rate of >~90%, have host star metallicities consistent with solar. At short orbital periods, P<10days, the difference in host star metallicity is largest for hot rocky planets (<1.7R_{Earth}_), where the metallicity difference is [Fe/H]{simeq}0.25+/-0.07dex. The excess of hot rocky planets around metal-rich stars implies they either share a formation mechanism with hot Jupiters, or trace a planet trap at the protoplanetary disk inner edge, which is metallicity dependent. We do not find statistically significant evidence for a previously identified trend that small planets toward the habitable zone are preferentially found around low-metallicity stars. Refuting or confirming this trend requires a larger sample of spectroscopic metallicities.

Keywords
  1. solar-system-planets
  2. multiple-stars
  3. metallicity
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2016AJ....152..187M
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51520187

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2017-02-01T15:25:55Z
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