An abundance of small exoplanets around stars with a wide range of metallicities

作者: Lars A Buchhave , David W Latham , Anders Johansen , Martin Bizzarro , Guillermo Torres

DOI: 10.1038/NATURE11121

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摘要: … correlation between metallicity and occurrence of giant planets 1,2,3 does not extend into the smaller planet regime below R P < 4R ⊕ , where the host stars instead have a wide range …

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