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Fitting Formulas for Determining the Existence of S-type and P-type Habitable Zones in Binary Systems: First Results

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2016-09-28 v2

Abstract

We present initial work about attaining fitting formulas for the quick determination of the existence of S-type and P-type habitable zones in binary systems. Following previous work, we calculate the limits of the climatological habitable zone in binary systems (which sensitively depend on the system parameters) based on a joint constraint encompassing planetary orbital stability and a habitable region for a possible system planet. We also consider updated results on planetary climate models previously obtained by Kopparapu and collaborators. Fitting equations based on our work are presented for selected cases.

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@article{arxiv.1609.07238,
  title  = {Fitting Formulas for Determining the Existence of S-type and P-type Habitable Zones in Binary Systems: First Results},
  author = {Zhaopeng Wang and Manfred Cuntz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.07238},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

6 pages, 4 figures, 7 tables, The 19th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun; ed. G.A.Feiden. (Comments revised in this version.)