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Chemical Abundances Shape History (CASH). I. A Link between Giant Planets' Orbital Periods and Host Stellar C/O Ratios

  • Authors: Ruisheng Zhang, Ji-Wei Xie, Mengrui Pan, Beibei Liu, Ji-Lin Zhou, Ji Wang, Haiyang S. Wang, Yapeng Zhang

Ruisheng Zhang et al 2026 The Astronomical Journal 171 .

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Caption: Figure 3.

Two-dimensional parameter space sensitivity of the K-S test. The color scale shows the K-S test P-value comparing the C/O distributions of short- and long-period giant-planet hosts as both the planet radius boundary (x-axis) and the orbital period boundary (y-axis) are varied simultaneously. White contours mark the 2σ, 3σ, and 4σ significance levels. The red star indicates the fiducial boundary (4 R, 30 days). The region of high statistical significance is broad and contiguous, spanning RB ≈ 3–5 R and PB ≈ 10–45 days, with a sharper peak along the radius axis than the period axis.

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