Abundances of refractory elements for stars with extrasolar planets : New samples

  • Park, Sun-Kyung (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kang, Won-Seok (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Gak (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Eun (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
  • Published : 2011.10.05

Abstract

We investigate the chemical differentiation in F, G, K type stars with and without planets to extend the work by Kang et al. (2011) to various spectral types. Since the primordial chemical composition has been preserved in the stellar atmosphere, stellar metallicity can provide the information on the primordial material, which is the potential building block of planets. Therefore, we can explore the favored conditions for planet formation through the comparison of chemical compositions between planet-host stars (PHSs) and stars without planets. In this work, we analyze 19 F, G, and K type stars. In each spectrum, we measure equivalent widths (EWs) of Fe, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, and Ni using TAME (Tools for Automatic Measurement of Equivalent width). The abundances of these species can be derived with the measured EWs and MOOG code (Sneden 1973). Like results by precedent studies, we find that planet-host stars have abundances higher than stars without planets. The typical difference in the abundances of Na, Mn, Co and Ni is $0.4{\pm}0.2dex$. In addition, as found in Kang et al. (2011), Mn is the most different element between PHSs and comparison stars.

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