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Towards a self-consistent evaluation of gas dwarf scenarios for temperate sub-Neptunes
Frances E. Rigby, Lorenzo Pica-Ciamarra, Måns Holmberg +6
The recent JWST detections of carbon-bearing molecules in a habitable-zone sub-Neptune have opened a new era in the study of low-mass exoplanets. The sub-Neptune regime spans a wid…
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On the Ocean Conditions of Hycean Worlds
Frances E. Rigby, Nikku Madhusudhan
Recent studies have suggested the possibility of Hycean worlds, characterised by deep liquid water oceans beneath H-rich atmospheres. These planets significantly widen the rang…