C/O RATIOS OF STARS WITH TRANSITING HOT JUPITER EXOPLANETS,
C/O RATIOS OF STARS WITH TRANSITING HOT JUPITER EXOPLANETS,
The relative abundances of carbon and oxygen have long been recognized as fundamental diagnostics of stellar chemical evolution. Now, the growing number of exoplanet observations enable estimation of these elements in exoplanetary atmospheres. In hot Jupiters, the C/O ratio affects the partitioning of carbon in the major observable molecules, making …