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盘状不稳定行星的重元素组成可以从亚星云到超星云

The Heavy Element Composition of Disk Instability Planets Can Range From Sub- to Super-Nebular

Aaron C. Boley, Ravit Helled, Matthew J. Payne

摘要:

凌日观测结合多普勒数据揭示了一类巨大的气体巨行星,它们质量巨大且高度富集重元素(例如,HD149026b、GJ436b和HAT-P-20b)。人们很容易把这些行星看作是核心吸积加上气体捕获的验证,因为人们经常假设盘不稳定行星应该是星云组成的。相反,我们在这篇论文中表明,由盘不稳定性形成的气体巨星可以有各种各样的重元素组成,从亚星云到超星云的值。高水平的富集可以通过一种或多种机制实现,包括出生时的富集、星子捕获和分化加上潮汐剥离。因此,单个气体巨星的金属丰度不能用来区分气体巨星的形成模式。

英文摘要:

Transit surveys combined with Doppler data have revealed a class of gas giant planets that are massive and highly enriched in heavy elements (e.g., HD149026b, GJ436b, and HAT-P-20b). It is tempting to consider these planets as validation of core accretion plus gas capture because it is often assumed that disk instability planets should be of nebular composition. We show in this paper, to the contrary, that gas giants that form by disk instability can have a variety of heavy element compositions, ranging from sub- to super-nebular values. High levels of enrichment can be achieved through one or multiple mechanisms, including enrichment at birth, planetesimal capture, and differentiation plus tidal stripping. As a result, the metallicity of an individual gas giant cannot be used to discriminate between gas giant formation modes.

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