Implications of non-standard physics on the future evolution of exoplanets orbiting red giant stars

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Contributors

  • S. Arceo Díaz - , Tecnológico Nacional de México, Mexico City (Author)
  • E. E. Bricio Barrios - , Tecnológico Nacional de México, Mexico City (Author)
  • K. Zuber - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)
  • J. M. González Perez - , Tecnológico Nacional de México, Mexico City (Author)
  • J. A. Verduzco Ramirez - , Tecnológico Nacional de México, Mexico City (Author)

Abstract

We discuss the implications on the future evolution of planetary systems orbiting red giant stars, if physical reactions involving the production of axions and the enhanced decay of plasmons into neutrinos, as a consequence of neutrinos having a magnetic dipole moment, are assumed to be happening simultaneously within the stellar core. Simulations were created by employing a numerical code to calculate the physical properties of stellar models from the main sequence to the end of the red giant phase, for stars with a mass range between 0.9 and 1.9 M and we analyze the most noticeable differences to canonical stellar evolution. Two exoplanet systems, known for harboring single red giant stars, were modelled by using the predicted stellar properties to calculate the temporal variation of the habitable zone and the orbital distance.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)663-668
Number of pages6
JournalMemorie della Società Astronomica Italiana
Volume90
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title2019 New Quests in Stellar Astrophysics IV Astrochemistry, Astrobiology and the Origin of Life
Duration31 March - 5 April 2019
CityPuerto Vallarta
CountryMexico

Keywords

Keywords

  • Particles: axions, Stars: neutrino cooling, Stars: red giants, Stars: stellar simulation