Bibcode
Israelian, G.; Santos, N. C.; Mayor, M.; Rebolo, R.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.414, p.601-611 (2004)
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2004
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121
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103
Descripción
We present a comparison of the lithium abundances of stars with and
without planetary-mass companions. New lithium abundances are reported
in 79 planet hosts and 38 stars from a comparison sample. When the Li
abundances of planet host stars are compared with the 157 stars in the
sample of field stars of Chen et al. (cite{Chen2001}) we find that the
Li abundance distribution is significantly different, and that there is
a possible excess of Li depletion in planet host stars with effective
temperatures in the range 5600-5850 K, whereas we find no significant
differences in the temperature range 5850-6350 K. We have searched for
statistically significant correlations between the Li abundance of
parent stars and various parameters of the planetary companions. We do
not find any strong correlation, although there are may be a hint of a
possible gap in the Li distribution of massive planet host stars.
Based on observations collected at the La Silla Observatory, ESO
(Chile), with the CORALIE spectrograph at the 1.2 m Euler Swiss
telescope, and with the FEROS spectrograph at the 1.52 m ESO telescope,
and using the UES spectrograph at the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope
(WHT) and SARG spectrograph at the 3.5 m Telescopio Nazional Galileo on
La Palma (Canary Islands).