3 papers
astro-ph.EP2021
Thermodynamically Governed Interior Models of Uranus and Neptune
Elizabeth Bailey, David J. Stevenson
Interior models of Uranus and Neptune often assume discrete layers, but sharp interfaces are expected only if major constituents are immiscible. Diffuse interfaces could arise if a…
astro-ph.EP2018
The hot Jupiter period-mass distribution as a signature of in situ formation
Elizabeth Bailey, Konstantin Batygin
More than two decades after the widespread detection of Jovian-class planets on short-period orbits around other stars, their dynamical origins remain imperfectly understood. In th…
astro-ph.EP2018
Feasibility of a resonance-based Planet Nine search
Elizabeth Bailey, Michael E. Brown, Konstantin Batygin
It has been proposed that mean motion resonances (MMRs) between Planet Nine and distant objects of the scattered disk might inform the semimajor axis and instantaneous position of…