Lithium in other Suns: no connection between stars and planets

J. Meléndez, I. Ramírez, M. Asplund, P. Baumann

Abstract
An unbiased sample of solar twins shows that the Sun has a normal Li abundance for its age and that a low Li abundance does not imply the presence of planets. We find a tight correlation between Li and age, which holds for all stars analyzed in our sample: solar twins, stars with and without detected giant planets, and stars that may host terrestrial planets.

Light Elements in the Universe
Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 268
(Eds.) C. Charbonnel, M. Tosi, F. Primas, C. Chiappini

Cambridge University Press
Vol. 5, Page 341
2010

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