Nature Communications (Apr 2016)
Hot super-Earths stripped by their host stars
- M. S. Lundkvist,
- H. Kjeldsen,
- S. Albrecht,
- G. R. Davies,
- S. Basu,
- D. Huber,
- A. B. Justesen,
- C. Karoff,
- V. Silva Aguirre,
- V. Van Eylen,
- C. Vang,
- T. Arentoft,
- T. Barclay,
- T. R. Bedding,
- T. L. Campante,
- W. J. Chaplin,
- J. Christensen-Dalsgaard,
- Y. P. Elsworth,
- R. L. Gilliland,
- R. Handberg,
- S. Hekker,
- S. D. Kawaler,
- M. N. Lund,
- T. S. Metcalfe,
- A. Miglio,
- J. F. Rowe,
- D. Stello,
- B. Tingley,
- T. R. White
Affiliations
- M. S. Lundkvist
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- H. Kjeldsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- S. Albrecht
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- G. R. Davies
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- S. Basu
- Department of Astronomy, Yale University
- D. Huber
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- A. B. Justesen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- C. Karoff
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- V. Silva Aguirre
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- V. Van Eylen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- C. Vang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- T. Arentoft
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- T. Barclay
- NASA Ames Research Center
- T. R. Bedding
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- T. L. Campante
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- W. J. Chaplin
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- J. Christensen-Dalsgaard
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- Y. P. Elsworth
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- R. L. Gilliland
- Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, The Pennsylvania State University
- R. Handberg
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- S. Hekker
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- S. D. Kawaler
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University
- M. N. Lund
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- T. S. Metcalfe
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- A. Miglio
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- J. F. Rowe
- NASA Ames Research Center
- D. Stello
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- B. Tingley
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- T. R. White
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11201
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Theory predicts a deficit of super-Earth sized planets, which orbit close to their host star. Here, Lundkvist et al. use data from the NASA Kepler mission to show that this deficit is also seen in observations, thereby providing new insight into exoplanetary systems.
