Theoretical studies of giant planet formation suggest that substantial quantities of metals—
elements heavier than hydrogen and helium—can be delivered by solid accretion during the …

Atmospheric characterization through spectroscopic analysis, an essential tool of modern
exoplanet science, can benefit significantly from the context provided by the interior structure …

The mass and distribution of metals in the interiors of exoplanets are essential for
constraining their formation and evolution processes. Never the less, with only masses and …

Exoplanet discoveries of recent years have provided a great deal of new data for studying
the bulk compositions of giant planets. Here we identify 47 transiting giant planets (20 M⊕< …

Host star metallicities have been used to infer observational constraints on planet formation
throughout the history of the exoplanet field. The giant planet metallicity correlation has now …

The relationship between the compositions of giant planets and their host stars is of
fundamental interest in understanding planet formation. The solar system giant planets are …

We describe results from two independent analyses of the [Fe/H] abundance of stars in two
separate planet search programs. For the Keck, AAT and Lick (KAL) planet search program …

The discovery of only a handful of exoplanets required establishing a correlation between
giant planet occurrence and metallicity of their host stars. More than 20 years have already …

We present evidence that stars with planets exhibit statistically significant silicon and nickel
enrichment over the general metal-rich population. We also present simulations that predict …

This work presents a homogeneous derivation of atmospheric parameters and iron
abundances for a sample of giant and subgiant stars which host giant planets, as well as a …