Observational Tests of Planet Formation Models
A. Sozzetti (1,2), G. Torres (1), D.W. Latham (1), B.W. Carney (3),, J.B. Laird (4), R.P. Stefanik (1), A.P. Boss (5), D. Charbonneau (1), F.T., O'Donovan (6), M.J. Holman (1), J.N. Winn (7) ((1) CfA, (2) OATo, (3) UNC,, (4) BGSU, (5) CIW, (6), NASA Goddard, (7) MIT)
TL;DR
This paper reviews two experiments that explore how planet occurrence and characteristics relate to host star metallicity, providing insights to improve models of gas giant planet formation and evolution.
Contribution
It presents new experimental results linking planet frequencies and properties with host metallicity, informing formation and evolutionary theories.
Findings
Higher metallicity correlates with increased gas giant planet frequency.
Results support core accretion models of planet formation.
Data constrains models of planetary structure and evolution.
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.
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