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Planet destruction and the shaping of planetary nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 August 2017

L. A. Boyle  and
M. P. Redman
L. A. Boyle
Affiliation:
Centre for Astronomy, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland emails: l.boyle2@nuigalway.ie, matt.redman@nuigalway.ie
M. P. Redman
Affiliation:
Centre for Astronomy, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland emails: l.boyle2@nuigalway.ie, matt.redman@nuigalway.ie
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Abstract

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The shaping of PNe as a result of an interaction with a planet is a hypothesis that has been suggested for nearly two decades. However, exploring the idea observationally is challenging due to the lack of capabilities needed to detect any evidence of such a scenario. Nonetheless, we propose that the hypothesis can be indirectly tested via a combination of exoplanet formation and evolution theories, the star and planet formation histories of the galaxy and the tidal evolution of star-planet systems. We present a calculation of the fraction of planetary nebulae in the galaxy today which have undergone an interaction with a planet, concluding that a significant number of visible planetary nebulae may have been shaped by a planet.

Keywords

Planetary Nebulae: generalExoplanets
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 12 , Symposium S323: Planetary Nebulae: Multi-Wavelength Probes of Stellar and Galactic Evolution , October 2016 , pp. 193 - 196
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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