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CKS IX: Revisiting the Minimum-Mass Extrasolar Nebula with Precise Stellar Parameters

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2020-05-13 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We investigate a possible correlation between the solid surface density Σ\Sigma of the minimum-mass extrasolar nebulae (MMEN) and the host star mass MM_\star and metallicity [Fe/H]. Leveraging on the precise host star properties from the California-{\it Kepler}-Survey (CKS), we found that Σ=\Sigma= 50^{+33}_{-20} \rm{~g~cm}^{-2} (a/1AU)1.75±0.07(a/1AU)^{-1.75\pm0.07} (M/M)1.04±0.22(M_\star/M_\odot)^{1.04\pm0.22} 100.22±0.05[Fe/H]10^{0.22\pm0.05{\rm [Fe/H]}} for {\it Kepler}-like systems (1-4RR_\oplus; a<a<1AU). The strong MM_\star dependence is reminiscent of previous dust continuum results that the solid disk mass scales with MM_\star. The weaker [Fe/H] dependence shows that sub-Neptune planets, unlike giant planets, form readily in lower-metallicity environment. The innermost region (a<a< 0.1AU) of a MMEN maintains a smooth profile despite a steep decline of planet occurrence rate: a result that favors the truncation of disks by co-rotating magnetospheres with a range of rotation periods, rather than the sublimation of dusts. The Σ\Sigma of {\it Kepler} multi-transiting systems shows a much stronger correlation with MM_\star and [Fe/H] than singles. This suggests that the dynamically hot evolution that produced single systems also partially removed the memory of formation in disks. Radial-velocity planets yielded a MMEN very similar to CKS planets; transit-timing-variation planets' postulated convergent migration history is supported by their poorly constrained MMEN. We found that lower-mass stars have a higher efficiency of forming/retaining planets: for sun-like stars about 20\% of the solid mass within \sim1AU are converted/preserved as sub-Neptunes, compared to 70\% for late-K-early-M stars. This may be due to the lower binary fraction, lower giant-planet occurrence or the longer disk lifetime of lower-mass stars.

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@article{arxiv.2004.04847,
  title  = {CKS IX: Revisiting the Minimum-Mass Extrasolar Nebula with Precise Stellar Parameters},
  author = {Fei Dai and Joshua N. Winn and Kevin Schlaufman and Songhu Wang and Lauren Weiss and Erik A. Petigura and Andrew W. Howard and Min Fang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.04847},
  year   = {2020}
}

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