Planetary system disruption by Galactic perturbations to wide binary stars

Nathan A. Kaib (), Sean N. Raymond and Martin Duncan
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Nathan A. Kaib: Queen’s University
Sean N. Raymond: Université de Bordeaux, Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l’Univers, 2 rue de l’Observatoire, BP 89, F-33271 Floirac Cedex, France
Martin Duncan: Queen’s University

Nature, 2013, vol. 493, issue 7432, 381-384

Abstract: Numerical simulations of a widely separated binary star system demonstrate that planetary systems around one star may often be strongly perturbed by the other star, triggering planetary ejections and increasing the orbital eccentricities of surviving planets.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/nature11780

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