2025AJ....169..180S -
Astron. J., 169, 180 (2025/March-0)
The Effects of the Carbon-to-oxygen Ratio on the Condensate Compositions around Solar-like Stars.
SHAKESPEARE C.J., LI M., HUANG S., ZHU Z. and STEFFEN J.H.
Abstract (from CDS):
The initial stellar carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratio can have a large impact on the resulting condensed species present in the protoplanetary disk and, hence, the composition of the bodies and planets that form. The observed C/Os of stars can vary from 0.1-1. We use a sequential dust condensation model to examine the impact of the C/O on the composition of solids around a solar-like star. We utilize this model in a focused examination of the impact of varying the initial stellar C/O to isolate the effects of the C/O in the context of solar-like stars. We describe three different system types in our findings. The solar system falls into the silicate-dominant, low-C/O systems which end at a stellar C/O somewhere between 0.52 and 0.6. At C/Os between about 0.6 and 0.9, we have intermediate systems. Intermediate systems show a decrease in silicates while carbides begin to become significant. Carbide-dominant systems begin around a C/O of 0.9. Carbide-dominant systems exhibit high carbide surface densities at inner radii with comparable levels of carbides and silicates at outer radii. Our models show that changes between C/O = 0.8 and C/O = 1 are more significant than previous studies, that carbon can exceed 80% of the condensed mass, and that carbon condensation can be significant at radii up to 6 au.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Astrochemistry - Carbon planets - Exoplanet structure - Extrasolar rocky planets - Planet hosting stars - Stellar abundances
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