Are Hot Neptunes Partialy Evaporated Hot Jupiters?

Details Are Hot Neptunes Partialy Evaporated Hot Jupiters? Are Hot Neptunes Partialy Evaporated Hot Jupiters?

Sep 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011ess.....2.1003s&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, ESS meeting #2, #10.03

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

The detection of short period planets (hot Jupiters and their lower mass counterparts, hot neptunes and super-earths) still defies the models of planet formation and evolution. Several possibilities have been proposed to explain the nature and formation process of the lower mass population, including in situ formation, disk migration, planet-planet scattering and kozai evolution, and the evaporation of a higher mass hot Jupiter. Using dynamical models and the best estimates for evaporation velocities, we show that under reasonable (and observed) physical conditions, hot Jupiter evaporation can explain the observed population of hot Neptunes/super-Earths.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Are Hot Neptunes Partialy Evaporated Hot Jupiters? does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Are Hot Neptunes Partialy Evaporated Hot Jupiters?, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Are Hot Neptunes Partialy Evaporated Hot Jupiters? will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-832662