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astro-ph2007★ 4 cited
The CoRoT exoplanet programme: exploring the gas-giant/terrestrial planet transition
S. Aigrain, P. Barge, M. Deleuil +6
CoRoT, which was launched successfully on the 27th of December 2006, is the first space mission to have the search for planetary transits at the heart of its science programme. It…
astro-ph1995
DID PLANET FORMATION BEGIN INSIDE PERSISTENT GASEOUS VORTICES?
P. Barge, J. Sommeria
We explore here the idea, reminiscent in some respect of Von Weizsacker's (1944) and Alfven's (1976) outmoded cosmogonies, that long-lived vortices in a turbulent protoplanetary ne…