Elemental Abundances of Kepler Objects of Interest in APOGEE DR17

Abstract

The elemental abundances of planet host stars can shed light on the conditions of planet forming environments. We test if individual abundances of 130 known/candidate planet hosts in APOGEE are statistically different from those of a reference doppelganger sample. The reference set comprises objects selected with the same Teff, logg, [Fe/H], and [Mg/H] as each Kepler Object of Interest (KOI). We predict twelve individual abundances (X = C, N, O, Na, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Ni) for the KOIs and their doppelgangers using a local linear model of these four parameters, training on ASPCAP abundance measurements for a sample of field stars with high fidelity (SNR > 200) APOGEE observations. We compare element prediction residuals (model-measurement) for the two samples and find them to be indistinguishable, given a high quality sample selection. We report median intrinsic dispersions of ~0.038 dex and ~0.041 dex, for the KOI and doppelganger samples, respectively, for these elements. We conclude that the individual abundances at fixed Teff, logg, [Fe/H], and [Mg/H] are unremarkable for known planet hosts. Our results establish an upper limit on the abundance precision required to uncover any chemical signatures of planet formation in planet host stars.

17 pages, 11 figures, submitted to AAS Journals

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