The planet in M4: implications for planet formation in globular clusters

Details The planet in M4: implications for planet formation in globular clusters The planet in M4: implications for planet formation in globular clusters

2004-09-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0409762v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 2 figures, MNRAS accepted

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08404.x

We consider the formation and evolution of the planetary system PSR B1620-26 in the globular cluster M4. We propose that as M4 is a very-low metallicity environment the standard model of planet formation around main-sequence stars through the accretion of gas onto metallic rocky cores should not be applied. Consequently the previously suggested methods for formation are unlikely. We propose that the planet formed through the interaction of a passing star with a circumbinary disc during the common-envelope phase of the inner binary's evolution. This formation route is favoured by dense stellar systems such as globular clusters.

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