Constraining planet structure from stellar chemistry: the cases of CoRoT-7, Kepler-10, and Kepler-93

N. C. Santos; V. Adibekyan; C. Mordasini; W. Benz; E. Delgado-Mena; C. Dorn; L. Buchhave; P. Figueira; Annelies Mortier; F. Pepe; A. Santerne; S. G. Sousa; S. Udry

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Constraining planet structure from stellar chemistry: the cases of CoRoT-7, Kepler-10, and Kepler-93

N. C. Santos, V. Adibekyan, C. Mordasini, W. Benz, E. Delgado-Mena, C. Dorn, L. Buchhave, P. Figueira, Annelies Mortier, F. Pepe, A. Santerne, S. G. Sousa, S. Udry

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Abstract

Aims. We explore the possibility that the stellar relative abundances of different species can be used to constrain the bulk abundances of known transiting rocky planets.
Methods. We use high resolution spectra to derive stellar parameters and chemical abundances for Fe, Si, Mg, O, and C in three stars hosting low mass, rocky planets: CoRoT-7, Kepler-10, and Kepler-93. These planets follow the same line along the mass-radius diagram, pointing toward a similar composition. The derived abundance ratios are compared with the solar values. With a simple stoichiometric model, we estimate the iron mass fraction in each planet, assuming stellar composition.
Results. We show that in all cases, the iron mass fraction inferred from the mass-radius relationship seems to be in good agreement with the iron abundance derived from the host star’s photospheric composition.
Conclusions. The results suggest that stellar abundances can be used to add constraints on the composition of orbiting rocky planets.

Original language	English
Article number	L13
Number of pages	5
Journal	Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume	580
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526850
Publication status	Published - 17 Aug 2015

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Planetary systems
Planets and satellites: detection
Stars: abundances
Techniques: spectroscopic

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Santos, N. C., Adibekyan, V., Mordasini, C., Benz, W., Delgado-Mena, E., Dorn, C., Buchhave, L., Figueira, P., Mortier, A., Pepe, F., Santerne, A., Sousa, S. G., & Udry, S. (2015). Constraining planet structure from stellar chemistry: the cases of CoRoT-7, Kepler-10, and Kepler-93. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 580, Article L13. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526850

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note = "This work was supported by Funda{\c c}{\~a}o para a Ci{\^e}ncia e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the research grant UID/FIS/04434/2013. P.F., N.C.S., and S.G.S. also acknowledge support from FCT through Investigador FCT contracts of reference IF/01037/2013, IF/00169/2012, and IF/00028/2014, and POPH/FSE (EC) by FEDER funding through the program “Programa Operacional de Factores de Competitividade − COMPETE”. P.F. acknowledges support from FCT in the form of project reference IF/01037/2013CP1191/CT0001. A.S. is supported by the EU under a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development with reference FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, number 627202. E.D.M. and V.A. acknowledge the support from FCT in form of the grants SFRH/BPD/76606/2011 and SFRH/BPD/70574/2010. This work results within the collaboration of the COST Action TD 1308. C.M. acknowledges the support from the Swiss National Science Foundation under grant BSSGI0_155816. A.M. received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement number 313014 (ETAEARTH). ",

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Constraining planet structure from stellar chemistry: the cases of CoRoT-7, Kepler-10, and Kepler-93

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