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PP 018014

C/O vs Mg/Si ratios in solar type stars: The HARPS sample

L. Suárez-Andrés(1), G. Israelian(1), J.I. González Hernández(1), V. Zh. Adibekyan(2), E. Delgado Mena(2), N. C. Santos(2), S. G. Sousa(2)
(1) IAC, (2) CAUP
Aims. We present a detailed study of the Mg/Si and C/O ratios and their importance in determining the mineralogy of planetary companions. Methods. Using 499 solar-like stars from the HARPS sample, we determine C/O and Mg/Si elemental abundance ratios to study the nature of the possible planets formed. We separated the planetary population in low-mass planets ( < 30 $\rm M_{\odot}$) and high-mass planets ( > 30 $\rm M_{\odot}$) to test for possible relation with the mass. Results. We find a diversity of mineralogical ratios that reveal the different kinds of planetary systems that can be formed, most of them dissimilar to our solar system. The different values of the Mg/Si and C/O ratios can determine different composition of planets formed. We found that 100\% of our planetary sample present C/O < 0.8. 86\% of stars with high-mass companions present 0.8 > C/O > 0.4, while 14\% present C/O values lower than 0.4. Regarding Mg/Si, all stars with low-mass planetary companion showed values between 1 and 2, while 85% of the high-mass companion sample does. The other 15\% showed Mg/Si values below 1. No stars with planets were found with Mg/Si > 2. Planet hosts with low-mass companions present C/O and Mg/Si ratios similar to those found in the Sun, whereas stars with high-mass companions have lower C/O.

 
Aceptado para publicación en A&A | Enviado el 2018-02-01 | Proyecto P/300423