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The great escape: how exoplanets and smaller bodies desert dying stars

Veras, Dimitri ; Wyatt, Mark C ; Mustill, Alexander LU orcid ; Bonsor, Amy and Eldridge, John J (2011) In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 417(3). p.2104-2123
Abstract
Mounting discoveries of extrasolar planets orbiting post-main-sequence stars motivate studies to understand the fate of these planets. In the traditional 'adiabatic' approximation, a secondary's eccentricity remains constant during stellar mass-loss. Here, we remove this approximation, investigate the full two-body point-mass problem with isotropic mass-loss, and illustrate the resulting dynamical evolution. The magnitude and duration of a star's mass-loss combined with a secondary's initial orbital characteristics might provoke ejection, modest eccentricity pumping, or even circularization of the orbit. We conclude that Oort Clouds and wide-separation planets may be dynamically ejected from 1-7 M☉ parent stars during AGB evolution. The... (More)
Mounting discoveries of extrasolar planets orbiting post-main-sequence stars motivate studies to understand the fate of these planets. In the traditional 'adiabatic' approximation, a secondary's eccentricity remains constant during stellar mass-loss. Here, we remove this approximation, investigate the full two-body point-mass problem with isotropic mass-loss, and illustrate the resulting dynamical evolution. The magnitude and duration of a star's mass-loss combined with a secondary's initial orbital characteristics might provoke ejection, modest eccentricity pumping, or even circularization of the orbit. We conclude that Oort Clouds and wide-separation planets may be dynamically ejected from 1-7 M☉ parent stars during AGB evolution. The vast majority of planetary material that survives a supernova from a 7-20 M☉ progenitor will be dynamically ejected from the system, placing limits on the existence of first-generation pulsar planets. Planets around >20 M☉ black hole progenitors may easily survive or readily be ejected depending on the core collapse and superwind models applied. Material ejected during stellar evolution might contribute significantly to the free-floating planetary population. (Less)
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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Oort Cloud, Physics - Classical Physics, planet-star interactions, planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability, stars: AGB and post-AGB, stars: evolution, supernovae: general
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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417
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3
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2104 - 2123
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Oxford University Press
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1365-2966
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10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19393.x
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  author       = {{Veras, Dimitri and Wyatt, Mark C and Mustill, Alexander and Bonsor, Amy and Eldridge, John J}},
  issn         = {{1365-2966}},
  keywords     = {{Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Oort Cloud; Physics - Classical Physics; planet-star interactions; planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability; stars: AGB and post-AGB; stars: evolution; supernovae: general}},
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  pages        = {{2104--2123}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}},
  title        = {{The great escape: how exoplanets and smaller bodies desert dying stars}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19393.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19393.x}},
  volume       = {{417}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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