2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Reconciling Giant Impacts with the Radius Valley: The Role of Silicate-Hydrogen Miscibility for Sub-Neptunes
Eva Zlimen, Hilke E. Schlichting, James G. Rogers
Giant impacts are believed to play a major role in the assembly, long-term orbital stability, and resonant structure of exoplanetary systems. We revisit giant impact driven atmosph…
astro-ph.EP2024
Extensive Pollution of Uranus and Neptune's Atmospheres by Upsweep of Icy Material During the Nice Model Migration
Eva Zlimen, Elizabeth Bailey, Ruth Murray-Clay
In the Nice model of solar system formation, Uranus and Neptune undergo an orbital upheaval, sweeping through a planetesimal disk. The region of the disk from which material is acc…