从微镜头观测结果中,每颗银河系恒星有一个或多个结合的行星.
A Cassan1, D Kubas, J-P Beaulieu
1Probing Lensing Anomalies Network (PLANET) Collaboration, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Université Pierre & Marie Curie, UMR7095 UPMC-CNRS, 98 bis boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris, France. cassan@iap.fr
Nature
|January 13, 2012
概括
行星在恒星周围很常见,大多数恒星都拥有行星. 引力微镜头显示,木星质量的行星绕着17%的恒星运行,而凉爽的海王星和超级地球甚至更丰富.
科学领域:
- 天文学和天体物理学
- 外系行星科学 外系行星科学
背景情况:
- 大多数已知的系外行星是通过辐射速度或过境方法检测到的,偏向于靠近它们恒星的行星.
- 目前的估计表明,17-30%的类似太阳的恒星拥有行星.
- 引力微镜头提供了一种补充方法来检测远离恒星或未结合的行星.
研究的目的:
- 从2002年至2007年进行统计分析引力微镜头数据.
- 为了确定距离宿主恒星0.5-10AU之内的行星的数量.
主要方法:
- 对引力微镜头数据的统计分析.
- 使用引力微镜头技术检测系外行星.
主要成果:
- 17%的恒星拥有类似木星质量的行星 (0.3-10M(J)).
- 52%的恒星拥有凉爽的海王星 (10-30M()).
- 62%的恒星拥有超级地球 (5-10 M()).
结论:
- 行星系统是恒星周围常见的现象.
- 行星的普遍存在表明行星的形成是一个普遍的过程.
- 引力微镜头显著扩大了我们对行星人口的理解.
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