Lithium in other Suns: no connection between stars and planets
Abstract
An unbiased sample of solar twins shows that the Sun has a normal Li abundance for its age and that a low Li abundance does not imply the presence of planets. We find a tight correlation between Li and age, which holds for all stars analyzed in our sample: solar twins, stars with and without detected giant planets, and stars that may host terrestrial planets.
- Publication:
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Light Elements in the Universe
- Pub Date:
- April 2010
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUS..268..341M
- Keywords:
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- Sun: abundances – stars: abundances;
- planetary systems