Abstract

HOBSON, M. J. et al. Testing the planet-metallicity correlation in M-Dwarfs with gemini gnirs spectra. Rev. mex. astron. astrofis [online]. 2018, vol.54, n.1. ISSN 0185-1101.

While the planet-metallicity correlation for FGK main-sequence stars hosting giant planets is well established, it is less clear for M-dwarf stars. We determine stellar parameters and metallicities for 16 M-dwarf stars, 11 of which host planets, with near-infrared spectra from the Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph (GNIRS). We find that M-dwarfs with planets are preferentially metal-rich compared to those without planets. This result is supported by the analysis of a larger catalogue of 18 M stars with planets and 213 M stars without known planets (Terrien et al. 2015), and demonstrates the utility of GNIRS spectra to obtain reliable stellar parameters of M stars. We also find that M dwarfs with giant planets are preferentially more metallic than those with low-mass planets, in agreement with previous results for solar-type stars. These results favor the core accretion model of planetary formation.

Keywords : methods: observational; planets and satellites: general; stars: abundances; techniques: spectroscopic.

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