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Secular Behavior of Exoplanetary Systems: Self-Consistency and Comparisons With The Planet-Planet Scattering Hypothesis

dc.contributor.authorTIMPE, Miles L.
dc.contributor.authorKOPPARAPU, R.
hal.structure.identifierJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] [APL]
dc.contributor.authorBARNES, R.
hal.structure.identifierObservatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
hal.structure.identifierUniversité Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 [UB]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
dc.contributor.authorRAYMOND, Sean N.
dc.contributor.authorGREENBERG, R.
dc.contributor.authorGORELICK, N.
dc.date.issued2011-01
dc.date.conference2011
dc.description.abstractEnPlanet-planet scattering has been suggested as a mechanism to explain the disproportionate number of planet-planet pairs found to lie on or near an apsidal separatrix, in which one planet's eccentricity periodically drops to near-zero. We present the results of numerical simulations of 2-planet systems having arisen from dynamically unstable 3-planet systems. We show that the distribution of near-separatrix systems arising after an instability is consistent with the observed systems, further strengthening the planet-planet scattering hypothesis. We also note that many observed systems have been found near their extreme eccentricity values. Such a pattern may suggest a bias in exoplanet observations, as planets should have an equal probability of being discovered at any point in their secular cycle. We test this possibility by numerically integrating known multiplanet systems and determining the relative time each planet spends in a given eccentricity range and then comparing this distribution of eccentricity values to the observational uncertainty. We find that planets tend to spend more time near their minimum and maximum values as they represent turning points in the oscillations. Moreover, the uncertainties for many eccentricities are so large that we cannot make strong statements regarding the possibility that planets are being discovered at their extreme eccentricities too often. However, as uncertainties become smaller and more multiplanet systems are discovered, this potential bias should be revisited.
dc.language.isoen
dc.source.titleAmerican Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #343.22; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
dc.title.enSecular Behavior of Exoplanetary Systems: Self-Consistency and Comparisons With The Planet-Planet Scattering Hypothesis
dc.typeCommunication dans un congrès
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
bordeaux.page34322
bordeaux.volume217
bordeaux.countryFR
bordeaux.title.proceedingAmerican Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #343.22; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-00572939
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hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-00572939v1
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