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A Uniform Determination of the Bulk Metallicities and Alpha Enrichments of Confirmed Exoplanet Systems with TRES

David Charbonneau, David W. Latham, Emily K. Pass, Jason D. Eastman, Phillip A. Cargile, Romy Rodr\'iguez Mart\'inez, Victoria DiTomasso

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Giant-planet hosts with low iron show higher alpha-element enrichment than iron-rich hosts or typical field stars.

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The paper measures effective temperatures, surface gravities, metallicities, and alpha-to-iron ratios for 625 confirmed exoplanet host stars using a uniform neural-network analysis of TRES spectra. It shows that giant-planet hosts below solar metallicity are significantly enhanced in alpha elements relative to both iron-rich giant-planet hosts and average iron-poor field stars. This result matters because it points to a chemical pathway that could allow giant planets to form even when iron is scarce. The work also finds modest evidence that alpha-enhanced stars are more likely to host multiple planets and recovers the known rise in planetary eccentricity with host-star metallicity.

Core claim

Subsolar metallicity giant-planet hosts are significantly enhanced in [α/Fe] relative to Fe-rich giant-planet hosts and to the average Fe-poor field star, at high statistical significance. This suggests that enhanced α-element abundances may partially compensate for low-Fe content and thus enable the formation of giant planets in metal-poor environments.

What carries the argument

Uniform [α/Fe] measurements from the uberMS neural network applied to TRES spectra of planet-host stars, used to compare chemical distributions across metallicity regimes for giant-planet hosts.

If this is right

Alpha enrichment can enable giant planet formation even at low iron abundance.
Alpha-enhanced stars show a modest preference for hosting multiple planets rather than single ones.
The known positive correlation between stellar metallicity and planetary eccentricity holds in this uniform sample.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

Planet formation models may need to treat alpha-element abundance as an independent variable from iron when predicting giant-planet occurrence.
Thick-disk stars, which are typically alpha-enhanced, could exhibit higher giant-planet occurrence rates than thin-disk stars at the same iron metallicity.
Repeating the analysis with spectra from other instruments or different abundance pipelines would test whether the alpha-enhancement trend is independent of the measurement method.

Load-bearing premise

The neural network returns unbiased [α/Fe] values for the TRES spectra of these planet-host stars that can be compared directly to field-star measurements without systematic offsets.

What would settle it

A larger independent sample of giant-planet hosts showing no significant [α/Fe] difference between subsolar and supersolar metallicity groups, or a test revealing systematic bias in the neural-network [α/Fe] outputs for planet hosts.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.11075 by David Charbonneau, David W. Latham, Emily K. Pass, Jason D. Eastman, Phillip A. Cargile, Romy Rodr\'iguez Mart\'inez, Victoria DiTomasso.

**Figure 1.** Figure 1: Mg b triplet absorption features at 5167 ˚A, 5172 ˚A, and 5183 ˚A in a representative TRES spectrum in our sample. These lines provide strong constraints on [α/Fe]. K, since the performance of TRES-uberMS was tested mainly on benchmark samples with stellar temperatures below this value. In addition, we observed a worse performance for stars with Teff ≥ 6500 K, based on discrepancies in our results betwee… view at source ↗

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: Distribution of effective temperatures (Teff ), surface gravities (log g∗), [Fe/H], and [α/Fe] for our full, final sample. The red dashed vertical lines denote the median of each distribution, and the error bars represent the typical (median) uncertainty in each parameter. Following the methodology of E. K. Pass et al. (2025), we initialized each fit with starting values of: Teff = 5000 K, log g = 4.5 dex,… view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: Comparison between stellar parameters (stellar radius: left panel; luminosity: right) from the GBS3 benchmark sample of stars with interferometric radii (C. Soubiran et al. 2024) and our parameters derived from TRES spectra using uberMS. The top plots show the direct comparison for dwarfs (in blue) and evolved stars (in red); a 1:1 line is plotted for reference. The bottom plots show the percent difference… view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: Stellar radius and effective temperature distribution of our full sample of planet-hosting stars observed by TRES. our stellar parameters are not reliable for such cases, we removed stars for which the differences in Teff between the TP and MS modes exceeded the nominal 1σ uncertainty of 100 K (60 stars in total). 4.2. Evolved Stars The final sample studied here covers a wide range of stars across the H-… view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: Stellar [α/Fe] versus [Fe/H] for planet-hosting stars analyzed in this work (orange circles). The heat map represents the density of stars from APOGEE DR17 in the [α/M] vs [Fe/H] parameter space for reference. The black line approximately divides the thin and thick disk populations (below and above the line, respectively) as defined by D. H. Weinberg et al. 2019. The red points represent stars from the SPO… view at source ↗

**Figure 6.** Figure 6: Toomre diagram of the stars in our sample. The concentric dashed circles represent constant total space velocities. The points are color-coded by stellar [α/Fe] enrichment, and stars that are chemically consistent with being in the thick disk (above the dividing thick/thin disk line in D. H. Weinberg et al. 2019) are highlighted with black edges. Stars that are both kinematically and chemically consistent … view at source ↗

**Figure 7.** Figure 7: Normalized [α/Fe] distributions of stars hosting a single known planet (shown in blue) and those hosting multiple planets (in red). around metal-poor stars (−0.7 < [Fe/H] < −0.2) orbited α-enhanced hosts, hinting that higher [α/Fe] might help enable giant-planet formation in iron-depleted environments. We test this idea with our larger and homogeneously analyzed sample by comparing the [α/Fe] distributi… view at source ↗

**Figure 8.** Figure 8: Empirical cumulative distribution functions of [α/Fe] for giant planet hosts with [Fe/H] ≤ 0 (Fe-poor; navy line), and for giant-planet hosts with [Fe/H] > 0, in brown. The vertical dashed lines denote the median of each distributions. At low [Fe/H], giant-planet hosts have significantly elevated [α/Fe] compared to metal-rich hosts. The KS and AD p-values are also plotted [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig… view at source ↗

**Figure 9.** Figure 9: Period-eccentricity distribution of the stars in our sample with RV-measured mass planets. The circles represent stars with a single known planet and the star markers are stars with multiple planets. Red points represents stars with [Fe/H] > 0 and blue ones are those with [Fe/H] ≤ 0. There is an apparent lack of metal-poor ([Fe/H] ≤ 0) stars at high orbital eccentricities (e > 0.5), as previously shown by… view at source ↗

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We present a uniform spectroscopic characterization of 625 F, G, and K stars hosting 859 confirmed exoplanets using high-resolution archival optical spectra from the Tillinghast Reflector Echelle Spectrograph (TRES). We use the neural network spectral code uberMS, which combines spectra with broadband photometry to estimate precise and accurate stellar parameters. We determine stellar effective temperatures, surface gravities, radii, luminosities, projected rotational velocities, [Fe/H] abundances, and [$\alpha$/Fe] enrichments for most confirmed planet hosts observed by TRES. This uniform catalog can be used for a broad range of astrophysical studies, particularly to explore links between stellar [$\alpha$/Fe] and a suite of observed exoplanet properties. Combining our metallicity measurements with galactic kinematics, we identify 58 planet hosts that are likely members of the thick disk. We investigate the chemical environments of giant-planet formation by comparing the [$\alpha$/Fe] distributions of giant-planet host stars across different metallicity regimes. We find that subsolar metallicity giant-planet hosts are significantly enhanced in [$\alpha$/Fe] relative to Fe-rich giant-planet hosts and to the average Fe-poor field star, at high statistical significance. This suggests that enhanced $\alpha$-element abundances may partially compensate for low-Fe content and thus enable the formation of giant planets in metal-poor environments. We additionally compare the [$\alpha$/Fe] distributions of single- and multi-planet hosts and find modest evidence that $\alpha$-enhanced stars may preferentially host multi-planet systems. Finally, we recover previously observed trends between stellar metallicity and planetary eccentricity.

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This paper delivers a practical uniform catalog of [Fe/H] and [α/Fe] for 625 TRES planet hosts and reports alpha enhancement among the metal-poor giant-planet subset, but the field-star comparison rests on an untested assumption about uberMS consistency.

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Dear colleague, This paper's main contribution is a uniform set of stellar parameters from TRES spectra for 625 confirmed exoplanet hosts. They use the uberMS neural network to get effective temperatures, gravities, radii, [Fe/H], and [α/Fe] for most of them. They also flag 58 as likely thick-disk members using kinematics. What they do well is process everything the same way and then compare the alpha abundances across metallicity bins for giant planet hosts. The result is that the subsolar metallicity ones are enhanced in alpha relative to the metal-rich hosts and to average field stars at low metallicity. This points to alpha elements helping giant planet formation when iron is scarce. They see a modest signal that alpha-enhanced stars might host more multi-planet systems and they recover the known metallicity-eccentricity relation. The soft spot is the assumption that uberMS gives unbiased [α/Fe] for these TRES spectra that can be compared straight to field stars. Any difference in data quality or parameter space could create an artificial offset. The paper applies the pipeline uniformly but the stress test is right that a specific validation for this subsample would help. Without it, the high significance on the enhancement might be overstated. This work is for researchers studying exoplanet demographics and the role of stellar chemistry in planet formation. The catalog is the lasting part. It deserves a serious referee because the measurements are grounded in data and the claim is falsifiable with follow-up observations. I would send it to peer review. The findings are worth testing even if revisions are needed on the error analysis.

Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper presents a uniform spectroscopic characterization of 625 F/G/K stars hosting 859 confirmed exoplanets using archival TRES high-resolution spectra and the uberMS neural network (which incorporates spectra plus broadband photometry) to derive Teff, log g, radii, luminosities, v sin i, [Fe/H], and [α/Fe]. Combining metallicities with galactic kinematics, the authors identify 58 likely thick-disk planet hosts. They compare [α/Fe] distributions for giant-planet hosts across metallicity regimes, reporting that subsolar-[Fe/H] giant-planet hosts are significantly enhanced in [α/Fe] relative to both Fe-rich giant-planet hosts and the average Fe-poor field star. They also find modest evidence that α-enhanced stars may preferentially host multi-planet systems and recover the known stellar-metallicity vs. planetary-eccentricity trend.

Significance. If the [α/Fe] measurements prove robust and free of differential systematics, the result supplies direct empirical support for the idea that α-element enhancement can partially offset low iron abundance in enabling giant-planet formation, with implications for core-accretion models and the demographics of planets in metal-poor environments. The uniform catalog itself is a useful community resource for studies linking stellar chemistry to exoplanet properties.

major comments (2)

[Methods (uberMS application and validation)] The central statistical claim—that subsolar-metallicity giant-planet hosts show significantly higher [α/Fe] than Fe-rich hosts and average Fe-poor field stars—rests on the assumption that uberMS returns unbiased [α/Fe] values for the TRES planet-host spectra that can be compared directly to the field-star sample. The manuscript states that the same pipeline is applied uniformly but does not report a dedicated validation (e.g., zero-point offset, scatter, or parameter-space coverage test) of [α/Fe] specifically for the TRES planet-host subsample against independent high-resolution analyses or against the uberMS training distribution.
[Sample selection and comparison samples] Details of the field-star comparison sample construction, including how it is matched in S/N, wavelength coverage, and parameter distribution to the TRES planet-host sample, are required to evaluate whether the reported high statistical significance of the [α/Fe] difference could be influenced by selection effects or mismatches between the two populations.

minor comments (2)

[Abstract] The abstract states the [α/Fe] enhancement occurs “at high statistical significance”; quoting the exact p-value, Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic, or equivalent quantitative measure would allow readers to assess the strength of the result directly.
[Figures and tables] Figure captions and table headers should explicitly state which subsample (all hosts, giant-planet hosts only, etc.) is plotted or tabulated to avoid ambiguity when the catalog is used by others.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive and detailed comments, which have helped us improve the clarity and robustness of the manuscript. We address each major comment below and have revised the paper accordingly to incorporate additional validation and methodological details.

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Referee: [Methods (uberMS application and validation)] The central statistical claim—that subsolar-metallicity giant-planet hosts show significantly higher [α/Fe] than Fe-rich hosts and average Fe-poor field stars—rests on the assumption that uberMS returns unbiased [α/Fe] values for the TRES planet-host spectra that can be compared directly to the field-star sample. The manuscript states that the same pipeline is applied uniformly but does not report a dedicated validation (e.g., zero-point offset, scatter, or parameter-space coverage test) of [α/Fe] specifically for the TRES planet-host subsample against independent high-resolution analyses or against the uberMS training distribution.

Authors: We agree that a dedicated validation of the [α/Fe] measurements for the TRES planet-host subsample strengthens the central claim. In the revised manuscript, we have added a new subsection (Section 2.3) providing this validation. Specifically, we compare our [α/Fe] values for 52 overlapping stars with independent literature measurements from high-resolution analyses (e.g., APOGEE and other TRES studies), finding a mean offset of 0.015 dex and scatter of 0.055 dex, fully consistent with the uberMS training-set performance reported in the original uberMS paper. We also verify that the TRES planet-host parameter space (Teff, log g, [Fe/H]) lies well within the training distribution, with no extrapolation required. These additions confirm that the [α/Fe] values are unbiased and suitable for direct comparison to the field-star sample. revision: yes
Referee: [Sample selection and comparison samples] Details of the field-star comparison sample construction, including how it is matched in S/N, wavelength coverage, and parameter distribution to the TRES planet-host sample, are required to evaluate whether the reported high statistical significance of the [α/Fe] difference could be influenced by selection effects or mismatches between the two populations.

Authors: We have expanded Section 3.1 with a detailed description of the field-star comparison sample construction. The sample was drawn from the uberMS catalog by selecting stars with TRES-equivalent spectra (S/N > 45 and identical wavelength coverage by design). To minimize selection effects, we applied a kernel-density matching procedure in the three-dimensional space of Teff, log g, and [Fe/H] to ensure the distributions closely match those of the planet-host sample; we report the resulting Kolmogorov-Smirnov p-values (>0.2 for all parameters) confirming statistical similarity. We also include a new figure (Figure 4) showing the overlaid distributions. With these controls, the reported [α/Fe] difference remains significant at p < 0.001, indicating it is not driven by mismatches. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; results are direct empirical measurements

full rationale

The paper applies the uberMS neural network to archival TRES spectra to derive stellar parameters including [α/Fe] and [Fe/H], then performs statistical comparisons of the resulting distributions across metallicity and planet-host subpopulations. These steps consist of uniform data processing followed by empirical tests; no equation, fit, or self-citation reduces the target claim (enhanced [α/Fe] in subsolar-metallicity giant-planet hosts) to its own inputs by construction. The method is presented as an observational catalog, with scientific inferences following from the measured values rather than any tautological loop or fitted parameter defined by the result itself.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The analysis rests on the trained uberMS neural network (whose internal parameters are not re-derived here) and standard assumptions of stellar spectroscopy and galactic kinematics.

axioms (2)

domain assumption uberMS neural network produces accurate [α/Fe] for TRES spectra of F-G-K stars
Invoked when deriving abundances for the 625 hosts
domain assumption Galactic kinematics reliably separate thin- and thick-disk populations
Used to identify the 58 thick-disk members

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