Gas giants form sub-snowline in binaries via dust traps at the tidal truncation radius, with observed planet semi-major axes following a_planet = 0.569 r_t (R²=0.94).
Long-Term Stability of Planets in Binary Systems
4 Pith papers cite this work. Polarity classification is still indexing.
abstract
A simple question of celestial mechanics is investigated: in what regions of phase space near a binary system can planets persist for long times? The planets are taken to be test particles moving in the field of an eccentric binary system. A range of values of the binary eccentricity and mass ratio is studied, and both the case of planets orbiting close to one of the stars, and that of planets outside the binary orbiting the system's center of mass, are examined. From the results, empirical expressions are developed for both 1) the largest orbit around each of the stars, and 2) the smallest orbit around the binary system as a whole, in which test particles survive the length of the integration (10^4 binary periods). The empirical expressions developed, which are roughly linear in both the mass ratio mu and the binary eccentricity e, are determined for the range 0.0 <= e <= 0.7-0.8 and 0.1 <= mu <= 0.9 in both regions, and can be used to guide searches for planets in binary systems. After considering the case of a single low-mass planet in binary systems, the stability of a mutually-interacting system of planets orbiting one star of a binary system is examined, though in less detail.
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Three accelerating stars yield one stellar companion at 166 AU, one 45 Jupiter-mass object at ~18 AU, and one 9.5 Jupiter-mass object at 6.4 AU that is 65% likely to be a planet.
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Sub-Snowline Formation of Gas-Giant Planets in Binary Systems
Gas giants form sub-snowline in binaries via dust traps at the tidal truncation radius, with observed planet semi-major axes following a_planet = 0.569 r_t (R²=0.94).
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Insights from Analytical Theory of Eccentric Circumbinary Disks II. Forced Modes and Resonance for Precessing Binaries
Semi-analytical theory derives radial scalings for forced disk eccentricity (E ~ r^{-1} or r^{-2}) and resonance criteria for precessing binaries, plus a conjecture that cavity size tunes the ground eccentric mode to the binary precession frequency.
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Gaia Exoplanet Orbits, Demographics, and Evolution Survey (GEODES): Characteristics of Three Long-Period Companions Accelerating their Host Stars
Three accelerating stars yield one stellar companion at 166 AU, one 45 Jupiter-mass object at ~18 AU, and one 9.5 Jupiter-mass object at 6.4 AU that is 65% likely to be a planet.
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The Natural History of 'Oumuamua
A review finds all available observations of 'Oumuamua consistent with natural processes from Solar System minor bodies and planetary evolution.