2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Formation of Water-rich Giant Planet Satellites at Decretion Disk Ice Lines
Teng Ee Yap, David J. Stevenson
The volatile budgets of giant planet satellites are critical to unraveling the origin of their building blocks within the circumplanetary disks that hosted them. The Galilean moons…
astro-ph.EP2025
Formation and Evolution Simulations of Saturn, Including Composition Gradients and Helium Immiscibility
Peter Bodenheimer, David J. Stevenson, Jack J. Lissauer +1
The formation of Saturn is modeled by detailed numerical simulations according to the core-nucleated accretion scenario. Previous models are enhanced to include the dissolution of…