The mass distribution of extrasolar planet candidates and low-mass secondaries.

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Apr 1999

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Physics Reports, Vol. 311, No. 3 - 5, p. 317 - 324

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Extrasolar Planets: Mass Distribution, Extrasolar Planets: Brown Dwarfs

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This paper considers the mass distribution of the known nine unseen companions with planetary masses orbiting solar-type stars. The paper compares the mass distribution of these nine extrasolar planet candidates with the distribution of low-mass secondaries in spectroscopic binaries. Although we still have only a very small number of systems, the combined distribution suggests two distinctive populations. The transition region between the two populations might be at the range of 10 - 30 Jupiter masses. This transition might reflect the borderline between planets and brown dwarf secondaries.

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