Skip navigation
Skip navigation

Is our Sun a Singleton?

Malmberg, D; Davies, M B; Chambers, J E; De Angeli, F; Church, R P; Mackey, Alasdair; Wilkinson, Mark, I.

Description

Most stars are formed in a cluster or association, where the number density of stars can be high. This means that a large fraction of initially-single stars will undergo close encounters with other stars and/or exchange into binaries. We describe how such close encounters and exchange encounters can affect the properties of a planetary system around a single star. We define a singleton as a single star which has never suffered close encounters with other stars or spent time within a binary...[Show more]

CollectionsANU Research Publications
Date published: 2008
Type: Conference paper
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/51363
Source: Dynamical Evolution of Dense Stellar Systems
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921308024332

Download

File Description SizeFormat Image
01_Malmberg_Is_our_Sun_a_Singlet_2008.pdf57.96 kBAdobe PDF    Request a copy


Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Updated:  17 November 2022/ Responsible Officer:  University Librarian/ Page Contact:  Library Systems & Web Coordinator