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富铝/钙、贫铁的白矮星:太阳系外行星岩石圈的证据?

An aluminum/calcium-rich, iron-poor, white dwarf star: evidence for an extrasolar planetary lithosphere?

B. Zuckerman, D. Koester, P. Dufour, Carl Melis, B. Klein, M. Jura

摘要:

在白矮星的大气中存在比氦重的元素通常是目前或以前围绕这些恒星运行的岩石天体存在的标志。我们测量了氢大气层白矮星G149-28和NLTT 43806中各种元素的丰度。与其他大气层被重元素污染的白矮星相比,NLTT 43806富含铝,但相对缺乏铁。我们将NLTT 43806中Al和其他八种重元素的相对丰度与大块地球的元素组成、模拟的太阳系外岩石行星、太阳系陨石、其他受污染的白矮星的大气组成以及月球和地球的外层进行了比较。最好的协议被发现与一个模型,涉及到NLTT 43806上的地壳和上地幔物质的混合物吸积。这意味着NLTT 43806是由一个分化的岩石行星围绕的,也许与地球非常相似,它经历了一次碰撞,剥离了它的一些外层。

英文摘要:

The presence of elements heavier than helium in white dwarf atmospheres is often a signpost for the existence of rocky objects that currently or previously orbited these stars. We have measured the abundances of various elements in the hydrogen-atmosphere white dwarfs G149-28 and NLTT 43806. In comparison with other white dwarfs with atmospheres polluted by heavy elements, NLTT 43806 is substantially enriched in aluminum but relatively poor in iron. We compare the relative abundances of Al and eight other heavy elements seen in NLTT 43806 with the elemental composition of bulk Earth, with simulated extrasolar rocky planets, with solar system meteorites, with the atmospheric compositions of other polluted white dwarfs, and with the outer layers of the Moon and Earth. Best agreement is found with a model that involves accretion of a mixture of terrestrial crust and upper mantle material onto NLTT 43806. The implication is that NLTT 43806 is orbited by a differentiated rocky planet, perhaps quite similar to Earth, that has suffered a collision that stripped away some of its outer layers.

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