A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert

J. Armstrong, D.; Lopez, T.; Adibekyan, V.; A Booth, Richard; M. Bryant, Edward; A. Collins, Karen; Deleuil, M.; Emsenhuber, Alexandre; X. Huang, Chelsea; W. King, George; Lillo-Box, J.; J. Lissauer, Jack; C. Matthews, Elisabeth; Mousis, O.; D. Nielsen, Louise; P. Osborn, H.; Otegi, Jon; C. Santos, N.; G. Sousa, S.; G. Stassun, Keivan; Veras, Dimitri; Ziegler, Carl; S Acton, Jack; M. Almenara, J.; R. Anderson, D.; Barrado, D.; C. C. Barros, S.; Bayliss, Daniel; Belardi, Claudia; Bouchy, F.; Briceño, César; Brogi, Matteo; J. A. Brown, D.; R. Burleigh, M.; L. Casewell, S.; Chaushev, Alexander; R. Ciardi, David; I. Collins, Kevin; D. Colón, Knicole; F Cooke, Benjamin; J. M. Crossfield, Ian; F. Díaz, R.; Delgado Mena, E.; D. S. Demangeon, O.; Dorn, Caroline; Dumusque, X.; Eigmüller, Philipp; Fausnaugh, Michael; Figueira, P.; Gan, Tianjun; Gandhi, Siddharth; Gill, Samuel; J. Gonzales, Erica; R. Goad, M.; N. Günther, Maximilian; Helled, Ravit; Hojjatpanah, S.; B. Howell, Steve; A. G. Jackman, James; S. Jenkins, J.; M. Jenkins, Jon; L. N. Jensen, Eric; M. Kennedy, Grant; W. Latham, David; M. Law, Nicholas; Lendl, M.; Lozovsky, Michael; W. Mann, Andrew; Moyano, Maximiliano; McCormac, J.; Meru, Farzana; Mordasini, C.; Osborn, Ares; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Raynard, Liam; Ricker, G.; Rowden, Pamela; Santerne, A.; E. Schlieder, Joshua; Seager, Sara; Sha, Lizhou; Tan, Thiam-Guan; H Tilbrook, Rosanna; B. Ting, Eric; Udry, S.; Vanderspek, R.; A. Watson, C.; G. West, R.; A. Wilson, P.; N. Winn, Joshua; J. Wheatley, P.; Villaseñor, J.; I Vines, José; Zhan, Zhuchang

doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2421-7

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A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert

Published in Nature • Jul 1, 2020

Authors:

D. J. Armstrong

T. Lopez

V. Adibekyan

Abstract

The interiors of giant planets remain poorly understood. Even for the planets in the Solar System, difficulties in observation lead to large uncertainties in the properties of planetary cores. Exoplanets that have undergone rare evolutionary processes provide a route to understanding planetary inter...

Subject

Planet

Gas giant

Photoevaporation

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