2010 Annual Research Report

 

2010 saw the continuation and expansion of Bond's previous research into the composition of extrasolar terrestrial planets.  Bond primarily focused on the combination of chemical equilibrium calculations with the dynamical simulations of terrestrial planet formation simulations that incorporate migration of the giant planets (run by David O’Brien and Sean Raymond). 

 

The same approach for the combination of chemical and dynamical models is also being applied to simulations of M-dwarf stars.

 

2010 saw the commencement of several different projects, including simulating the delivery of ices, volatiles and clathrates to extrasolar terrestrial planets in order to develop an understanding of potential extrasolar water budgets and atmospheric compositions. Bond also commenced examining the effects of modified host star compositions on terrestrial planet compositions, based upon new spectroscopic results. Paper shall be submitted for publication later this year.

 

Papers:

 

The Diversity of Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets (2010)
IAU proceedings 265, 399 – 402. J. C. Bond, D. P. O’Brien & D. S. Lauretta.

 

The Compositional Diversity of Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets. I. In Situ Simulations (2010)
ApJ, 715, 1050 – 1070. J. C. Bond, D. P. O’Brien & D. S. Lauretta.

 

Chemical Clues on the Formation of Planetary Systems: C/O Versus Mg/Si for HARPS GTO Sample (2010)

ApJ, 725, 2349 – 2358. E. Delgado Mena, G. Israelian, J. I. González Hernández, J. C. Bond, N. C. Santos, S. Udry & M. Mayor.