Dusty tails of evaporating exoplanets - II. Physical modelling of the KIC 12557548b light curve

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Table 4

Results of the MCMC analysis.

Parameter	Constraint (2σ)	Notes

Δϕ₀
b	< 0.80
Ṁ _d	M_⊕ Gyr^-1
s ₀	μm	(a)
ρ _d	>0.9 g cm^-3	(a)
n	unconstrained
k ₁	> 7.9 × 10^-3
	see note	(b)
ℬ′	see note	(b)

Notes. The values reported here are medians of the marginalised probability density distribution. The uncertainties, as well as the upper and lower limits, reflect the 2.3th and 97.7th percentiles.

^(a)

Combining s₀ and ρ_d gives a constraint on the initial radiation-pressure-to-gravity ratio of (2σ).

^(b)

Individually, the sublimation parameters and ℬ′ are unconstrained, but they are highly correlated and can be combined to give the constraint log ₁₀(J_{1700 K}/(g cm^-2 s (2σ).

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