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most citedModules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Binaries, Pulsations, and Explosions

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astro-ph.EP2020★ 49 cited

Subsolar Al/Si and Mg/Si ratios of non-carbonaceous chondrites reveal planetesimal formation during early condensation in the protoplanetary disk

A. Morbidelli, G. Libourel, H. Palme +2

The Al/Si and Mg/Si ratios in non-carbonaceous chondrites are lower than the solar (i.e., CI-chondritic) values, in sharp contrast to the non-CI carbonaceous meteorites and the Ear…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 100 cited

Kuiper belt: formation and evolution

Alessandro Morbidelli, David Nesvorny

This chapter reviews accretion models for Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), discussing in particular the compatibility of the observed properties of the KBO population with the streaming…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 7 cited

Constraining the gap size in the disk around HD 100546 in the mid-infrared

Narges Jamialahmadi, Thorsten Ratzka, Olja Panic +6

We refine the gap size measurements of the disk surrounding the Herbig Ae star HD 100546 in the N band. Our new mid-infrared interferometric (MIDI) data have been taken with the UT…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 20 cited

Imaging radial velocity planets with SPHERE

A. Zurlo, D. Mesa, S. Desidera +37

We present observations with the planet finder SPHERE of a selected sample of the most promising radial velocity (RV) companions for high-contrast imaging. Using a Monte Carlo simu…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 10 cited

Measuring Planetary Atmospheric Dynamics with Doppler Spectroscopy

Patrick Gaulme, Francois-Xavier Schmider, Ivan Goncalves

Doppler imaging spectroscopy is the most reliable way to directly measure wind speeds of planetary atmospheres of the Solar system. However, most knowledge about atmospheric dynami…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 30 cited

Subaru/HiCIAO imaging of LkH 330 - multi-band detection of the gap and spiral-like structures

Taichi Uyama, Jun Hashimoto, Takayuki Muto +56

We present - and -bands observations of the LkH 330 disk with a multi-band detection of the large gap and spiral-like structures. The morphology of the outer disk…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 318 cited

Pebble isolation mass --- scaling law and implications for the formation of super-Earths and gas giants

Bertram Bitsch, Alessandro Morbidelli, Anders Johansen +3

The growth of a planetary core by pebble accretion stops at the so called pebble isolation mass, when the core generates a pressure bump that traps drifting pebbles outside its orb…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 26 cited

A better characterization of the chemical composition of exoplanets atmospheres with ARIEL

Olivia Venot, Benjamin Drummond, Yamila Miguel +3

Since the discovery of the first extrasolar planet more than twenty years ago, we have discovered nearly four thousand planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. Current observatio…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 103 cited

Creep stability of the proposed AIDA mission target 65803 Didymos: I. Discrete cohesionless granular physics model

Yun Zhang, Derek C. Richardson, Olivier S. Barnouin +7

As the target of the proposed Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission, the near-Earth binary asteroid 65803 Didymos represents a special class of binary asteroids, t…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 22 cited

Near-Infrared Imaging Polarimetry of Inner Region of GG Tau A Disk

Yi Yang, Jun Hashimoto, Saeko S. Hayashi +51

By performing non-masked polarization imaging with Subaru/HiCIAO, polarized scattered light from the inner region of the disk around the GG Tau A system was successfully detected i…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 111 cited

Metal enrichment leads to low atmospheric C/O ratios in transiting giant exoplanets

Néstor Espinoza, Jonathan Fortney, Yamila Miguel +2

We predict the carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratios in the hydrogen-helium envelope and atmospheres of a sample of nearly 50 relatively cool ( 1000 K) transiting gas gian…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 12 cited

Magnitude and timing of the giant planet instability: A reassessment from the perspective of the asteroid belt

Athanasia Toliou, Alessandro Morbidelli, Kleomenis Tsiganis

It is generally accepted today that our solar system has undergone a phase during which the orbits of the giant planets became very unstable. In recent years, many studies have ide…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 23 cited

Polarimetry and flux distribution in the debris disk around HD 32297

R. Asensio-Torres, M. Janson, J. Hashimoto +49

We present high-contrast angular differential imaging (ADI) observations of the debris disk around HD 32297 in H-band, as well as the first polarimetric images for this system in p…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 12 cited

Near-infrared spatially resolved spectroscopy of (136108) Haumea's multiple system

F. Gourgeot, B. Carry, C. Dumas +5

The transneptunian region of the solar system is populated by a wide variety of icy bodies showing great diversity. The dwarf planet (136108) Haumea is among the largest TNOs and d…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 52 cited

A protosolar nebula origin for the ices agglomerated by Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

O. Mousis, J. I. Lunine, A. Luspay-Kuti +10

The nature of the icy material accreted by comets during their formation in the outer regions of the protosolar nebula is a major open question in planetary science. Some scenarios…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 21 cited

Spontaneous concentrations of solids through two-way drag forces between gas and sedimenting particles

Michiel Lambrechts, Anders Johansen, Holly L. Capelo +2

The behaviour of sedimenting particles depends on the dust-to-gas ratio of the fluid. Linear stability analysis shows that solids settling in the Epstein drag regime would remain h…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 7 cited

High-Contrast Imaging of Intermediate-Mass Giants with Long-Term Radial Velocity Trends

Tsuguru Ryu, Bun'ei Sato, Masayuki Kuzuhara +62

A radial velocity (RV) survey for intermediate-mass giants has been operated for over a decade at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (OAO). The OAO survey has revealed that some gia…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 67 cited

The SEEDS High Contrast Imaging Survey of Exoplanets around Young Stellar Objects

Taichi Uyama, Jun Hashimoto, Masayuki Kuzuhara +49

We present high-contrast observations of 68 young stellar objects (YSOs) explored as part of the SEEDS survey on the Subaru telescope. Our targets are very young (10 Myr) stars,…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 274 cited

Oxygen isotopic evidence for vigorous mixing during the Moon-forming Giant Impact

Edward D. Young, Issaku E. Kohl, Paul H. Warren +3

Earth and Moon are shown here to be composed of oxygen isotope reservoirs that are indistinguishable, with a difference in Δ"17O of -1 +/- 5ppm (2se). Based on these data and our n…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 28 cited

Did Jupiter's core form in the innermost parts of the Sun's protoplanetary disk?

Sean N. Raymond, Andre Izidoro, Bertram Bitsch +1

Jupiter's core is generally assumed to have formed beyond the snow line. Here we consider an alternative scenario, that Jupiter's core may have accumulated in the innermost parts o…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 197 cited

Shadows cast on the transition disk of HD 135344B. Multiwavelength VLT/SPHERE polarimetric differential imaging

T. Stolker, C. Dominik, H. Avenhaus +35

The protoplanetary disk around the F-type star HD 135344B (SAO 206462) is in a transition stage and shows many intriguing structures both in scattered light and thermal (sub-)milli…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 35 cited

Prediction of transits of solar system objects in Kepler/K2 images: An extension of the Virtual Observatory service SkyBoT

J. Berthier, B. Carry, F. Vachier +2

All the fields of the extended space mission Kepler/K2 are located within the ecliptic. Many solar system objects thus cross the K2 stellar masks on a regular basis. We aim at prov…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 73 cited

Constraints on the location of a possible 9th planet derived from the Cassini data

A. Fienga, J. Laskar, H. Manche +1

To explain the unusual distribution of Kuiper Belt objects, several authors have advocated the existence of a super-Earth planet in the outer solar system. It has recently been pro…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 32 cited

EPIC211089792 b: an aligned and inflated hot jupiter in a young visual binary

A. Santerne, G. Hébrard, J. Lillo-Box +71

In the present paper we report the discovery of a new hot Jupiter, EPIC211089792 b, first detected by the Super-WASP observatory and then by the K2 space mission during its campaig…