Abstract: The discovery of nearly 2000 extrasolar planets has given us the opportunity to thoroughly study their host stars. The determination of chemical abundances provide us with unique information not only about the stellar atmospheres but also about the processes that take place inside the stars and how they have been formed. The first difference we came across between stars with and without planets was that the former are on average more metallic but other interesting trends have been reported during these years. I will make a short review about these studies and focus on the latest results obtained by our group.
Elisa Delgado Mena (IA - U. Porto)
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This seminar is supported by Portuguese Funds through the CIDMA - Centre for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications, and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology ("FCT" - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia), within the project UID/MAT/04106/2013.
