Life is But a Stream: The Distribution of Planetary Systems Along Stellar Streams and their Properties

arXiv:2605.05293 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-05-06 · Read on arXiv

Jeremy J. Webb, Milica Ivetic, Maxwell X. Cai, Simon Portegies Zwart, Daniella Morrone

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-05-06

Comments: 12 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for Publication in ApJ

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Adam — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• N-body simulations — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Mass Segregation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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