Kavli Affiliate: Andrew Vanderburg | First 5 Authors: Sydney Jenkins, Andrew Vanderburg, Allyson Bieryla, David W. Latham, Mariona Badenas-Agusti | Summary: Over a quarter of white dwarfs have photospheric metal pollution, which is evidence for recent accretion of exoplanetary material. While a wide range of mechanisms have been proposed to account for this pollution, there […]
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