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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 853, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aaa5fa
关键词
planet-star interactions; planetary systems; stars: evolution
资金
- NASA - Chandra X-ray Center [PF6-170169]
- NASA [NAS8-03060]
Planets accompany most Sun-like stars. The orbits of many are sufficiently close that they will be engulfed when their host stars ascend the giant branch. This Letter compares the power generated by orbital decay of an engulfed planet to the intrinsic stellar luminosity. Orbital decay power is generated by drag on the engulfed companion by the surrounding envelope. As stars ascend the giant branch their envelope density drops and so does the power injected through orbital decay, scaling approximately as L-decay proportional to R-*(-9/2). Their luminosity, however, increases along the giant branch. These opposed scalings indicate a crossing, where L-decay = L-*. We consider the engulfment of planets along isochrones in the Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram. We find that the conditions for such a crossing occur around L-* approximate to 10(2) L-circle dot (or a approximate to 0.1 au) for Jovian planetary companions. The consumption of closer-in giant planets, such as hot Jupiters, leads to L-decay >> L-*, while more distant planets such as warm Jupiters, a approximate to 0.5 au, lead to minor perturbations of their host stars with L-decay << L-*. Our results map out the parameter space along the giant branch in the H-R Diagram where interaction with planetary companions leads to significant energetic disturbance of host stars.
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