Observational Tests of Planet Formation Models
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We summarize the results of two experiments to address important issues related to the correlation between planet frequencies and properties and the metallicity of the hosts. Our results can usefully inform formation, structural, and evolutionary models of gas giant planets.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0711.4901,
title = {Observational Tests of Planet Formation Models},
author = {A. Sozzetti and G. Torres and D. W. Latham and B. W. Carney and J. B. Laird and R. P. Stefanik and A. P. Boss and D. Charbonneau and F. T. O'Donovan and M. J. Holman and J. N. Winn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4901},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
2 pages, no figures. To appear in the proceedings of "IAU conference 249: Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and Dynamics", held in Suzhou, China, 22-26 Oct. 2007