研究目的
Exploring the prospects for the detection of giant circumbinary exoplanets and brown dwarfs (BDs) orbiting Galactic double white dwarfs (DWDs) binaries with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA).
研究成果
The results present promising prospects for the detection of post-main sequence exoplanets and BDs, showing that gravitational waves can prove the existence of these populations over the totality of the Milky Way. Detections by LISA will deepen our knowledge on the life of exoplanets subsequent to the most extreme evolution phases of their hosts, clarifying whether new phases of planetary formation take place later in the life of the stars.
研究不足
The study assumes an occurrence rate of 50% for SSOs orbiting DWDs, based on white dwarf pollution observations, which may not accurately reflect the true occurrence rate. The study also neglects the presence of an external third star and assumes that each DWD can harbour only one SSO.