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most citedThe path to instability in compact multi-planetary systems

69 citations · 142 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.EP202069 cited

The path to instability in compact multi-planetary systems

Antoine C. Petit, Gabriele Pichierri, Melvyn B. Davies +1

The dynamical stability of tightly packed exoplanetary systems remains poorly understood. While for a two-planet system a sharp stability boundary exists, numerical simulations of…

astro-ph.EP202043 cited

The onset of instability in resonant chains

Gabriele Pichierri, Alessandro Morbidelli

There is evidence that most chains of mean motion resonances of type : among exoplanets become unstable once the dissipative action from the gas is removed from the system,…

astro-ph.EP201930 cited

The role of dissipative evolution for three-planet, near-resonant extrasolar systems

Gabriele Pichierri, Konstantin Batygin, Alessandro Morbidelli

Early dynamical evolution of close-in planetary systems is shaped by an intricate combination of planetary gravitational interactions, orbital migration, and dissipative effects. W…

astro-ph.EP2018

Capture into first-order resonances and long-term stability of pairs of equal-mass planets

Gabriele Pichierri, Alessandro Morbidelli, Aurélien Crida

Massive planets form within the lifetime of protoplanetary disks and undergo orbital migration due to planet-disk interactions. When the first planet reaches the inner edge of the…

astro-ph.EP2017

Extreme Secular Excitation of Eccentricity Inside Mean Motion Resonance: Driving Small Bodies into Star-Grazing Orbits by Planetary Perturbations

Gabriele Pichierri, Alessandro Morbidelli, Dong Lai

It is well known that asteroids and comets fall into the Sun. Metal pollution of white dwarfs and transient spectroscopic signatures of young stars like -Pic provide growing evi…