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A test of the high-eccentricity migration scenario for close-in planets
Steven Giacalone, Titos Matsakos, Arieh Königl
In the high-eccentricity migration (HEM) scenario, close-in planets reach the vicinity of the central star on high-eccentricity orbits that become circularized---with a concomitant…
The gravitational interaction between planets on inclined orbits and protoplanetary disks as the origin of primordial spin--orbit misalignments
Titos Matsakos, Arieh Königl
Many of the observed spin--orbit alignment properties of exoplanets can be explained in the context of the primordial disk misalignment model, in which an initially aligned protopl…
On the origin of the sub-Jovian desert in the orbital-period--planetary-mass plane
Titos Matsakos, Arieh Königl
Transit and radial velocity observations indicate a dearth of sub-Jupiter--mass planets on short-period orbits, outlined roughly by two oppositely sloped lines in the period--mass…
A hot Jupiter for breakfast? --- Early stellar ingestion of planets may be common
Titos Matsakos, Arieh Königl
Models of planet formation and evolution predict that giant planets form efficiently in protoplanetary disks, that most of these migrate rapidly to the disk's inner edge, and that,…