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Observational tests of planet formation models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2007

A. Sozzetti ,
D. W. Latham ,
G. Torres ,
B. W. Carney ,
J. B. Laird ,
R. P. Stefanik ,
A. P. Boss ,
D. Charbonneau ,
F. T. ODonovan  and
M. J. Holman
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A. Sozzetti
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: asozzett@cfa.harvard.edu INAF- Astronomical Observatory of Torino, I-10025 Pino Torinese (TO), Italy
D. W. Latham
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: asozzett@cfa.harvard.edu
G. Torres
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: asozzett@cfa.harvard.edu
B. W. Carney
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J. B. Laird
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
R. P. Stefanik
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: asozzett@cfa.harvard.edu
A. P. Boss
Affiliation:
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC 20015, USA
D. Charbonneau
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: asozzett@cfa.harvard.edu
F. T. ODonovan
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
M. J. Holman
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: asozzett@cfa.harvard.edu
J. N. Winn
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Abstract

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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.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S249: Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and Dynamics , October 2007 , pp. 261 - 262
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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