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2006ApJ...652.1694P - Astrophys. J., 652, 1694-1697 (2006/December-1)

Impact of stellar dynamics on the frequency of giant planets in close binaries.

PFAHL E. and MUTERSPAUGH M.

Abstract (from CDS):

Hostile tidal forces may inhibit the formation of Jovian planets in binaries with semimajor axes of ≲50 AU, binaries that might be called ``close'' in this context. As an alternative to in situ planet formation, a binary can acquire a giant planet when one of its original members is replaced in a dynamical interaction with another star that hosts a planet. Simple scaling relations for the structure and evolution of star clusters, coupled with analytic arguments regarding binary-single and binary-binary scattering, indicate that dynamical processes can deposit Jovian planets in <1% of close binaries. If ongoing and future exoplanet surveys measure a much larger fraction, it may be that giant planets do somehow form frequently in such systems.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Binaries: General - Galaxy: Open Clusters and Associations: General - Stars: Planetary Systems - Stellar Dynamics

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