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Rattling Resonant Chains with Dynamical Tides and Parametric Resonance Passage
Mohammad Farhat, Eugene Chiang
Close-in sub-Neptunes are born in mean-motion resonant chains that break apart on a timescale of 100 Myr. If the chains are first ''rattled'' --- have their free eccentriciti…
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Super-Earth Interiors Shrink by About 10% as They Crystallise
Tim Lichtenberg, Mara Attia, Harrison Nicholls +26
Super-Earth exoplanets are among the most abundant planets known, yet their bulk densities leave the interior state degenerate. The static structure models used to interpret them,…
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Magma Ocean Waves and Thermal Variability on Lava Worlds
Mohammad Farhat, Eugene Chiang
Lava worlds are rocky planets with dayside skins made molten by stellar irradiation. Tidal heating on these shortest-period planets is more than skin deep. We show how orbital ecce…