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astro-ph.EP2023★ 16 cited
On the pollution of white dwarfs by exo-Oort cloud comets
Christopher E. O'Connor, Dong Lai, Darryl Z. Seligman
A large fraction of white dwarfs (WDs) have metal-polluted atmospheres, which are produced by accreting material from remnant planetary systems. The composition of the accreted deb…
astro-ph.EP2023★ 33 cited
Giant planet engulfment by evolved giant stars: light curves, asteroseismology, and survivability
Christopher E. O'Connor, Lars Bildsten, Matteo Cantiello +1
About ten percent of Sun-like (-) stars will engulf a - planet as they expand during the red giant branch (RGB) or asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phas…