TY - JOUR
T1 - Planetary systems in star clusters
AU - Cai, Maxwell Xu
AU - Spurzem, Rainer
AU - Kouwenhoven, M. B.N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 International Astronomical Union.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In the solar neighborhood, where the typical relaxation timescale is larger than the cosmic age, at least 10% to 15% of Sun-like stars have planetary systems with Jupiter-mass planets. In contrast, dense star clusters, characterized by frequent close encounters, have been found to host very few planets. We carry out numerical simulations with different initial conditions to investigate the dynamical stability of planetary systems in star cluster environments.
AB - In the solar neighborhood, where the typical relaxation timescale is larger than the cosmic age, at least 10% to 15% of Sun-like stars have planetary systems with Jupiter-mass planets. In contrast, dense star clusters, characterized by frequent close encounters, have been found to host very few planets. We carry out numerical simulations with different initial conditions to investigate the dynamical stability of planetary systems in star cluster environments.
KW - free-floating planets
KW - planetary system
KW - stability
KW - star cluster
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84960444579&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1743921315007875
DO - 10.1017/S1743921315007875
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84960444579
SN - 1743-9213
VL - 10
SP - 235
EP - 236
JO - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
JF - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
ER -