Dynamical limitations on the habitability of planets in binary star systems

Autor(en)
Akos Bazso, Elke Pilat-Lohinger
Abstrakt

Wide binary star systems with circumstellar exoplanets are generally believed to be conducive to habitable planets. We demonstrate that in the presence of a giant planet secular perturbations can affect the habitable zone for a wide range of system parameters. Such perturbations lead to enhanced eccentricities of terrestrial planets and are detrimental to sustain habitable conditions on the planet. We develop a diagnostic tool based on analytical models that allows an easyidentification of observed binary systems lacking habitable conditions from a dynamical point of view.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Astrophysik
Publikationsdatum
09-2018
ÖFOS 2012
103003 Astronomie, 103004 Astrophysik
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/8ff2092d-7b2e-4b2a-bae6-ab7d0a6cc143