Schedule Mar 23, 2010
Stellar Mass Matters
John Johnson, Caltech

One of the most striking correlations among the large and growing collection of Doppler detected exoplanets is the planet-metalliicty correlation. This correlation has had profound implications for our understanding of planet formation and for the target selection of future and current planet surveys. I will present evidence for an equally strong and important correlation between exoplanet occurrence and stellar mass. The rate of giant planet occurrence rises from 3% around M dwarfs to more than 20% around A stars.

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