Bibcode
Sousa, S. G.; Fernandes, J.; Israelian, G.; Santos, N. C.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 512, id.L5
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2010
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Description
Recent observational work by Israelian et al. has shown that sun-like
planet host stars in the temperature range 700 K < Teff
< 5850 K have lithium abundances that are significantly lower than
those observed for “single” field stars. In this letter we
use stellar evolutionary models to show that differences in stellar mass
and age are not responsible for the observed correlation. This result,
along with the finding of Israelian et al., strongly suggest that the
observed lithium difference is likely linked to some process related to
the formation and evolution of planetary systems.
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Several spectroscopic analyses of stars with planets have recently been carried out. One of the most remarkable results is that planet-harbouring stars are on average more metal-rich than solar-type disc stars. Two main explanations have been suggested to link this metallicity excess with the presence of planets. The first of these, the “self
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