As planets form and grow within gaseous protoplanetary disks, the mutual gravitational
interaction between the disk and planet leads to the exchange of angular momentum and …

The great diversity of extrasolar planetary systems has challenged our understanding of how
planets form, and how their orbits evolve as they form. Among the various processes that …

Abstract 'Hot super-Earths'(or 'mini-Neptunes') between one and four times Earth's size with
period shorter than 100 d orbit 30–50 per cent of Sun-like stars. Their orbital configuration …

Jupiter and Saturn formed in a few million years (ref.) from a gas-dominated protoplanetary
disk, and were susceptible to gas-driven migration of their orbits on timescales of only∼ …

The formation of planets depends on the underlying protoplanetary disc structure, which in
turn influences both the accretion and migration rates of embedded planets. The disc itself …

We study the effects of diffusion on the non-linear corotation torque, or horseshoe drag, in
the two-dimensional limit, focusing on low-mass planets for which the width of the horseshoe …

Context. With the high number of extrasolar planets discovered by now, it has become
possible to use the properties of this planetary population to constrain theoretical formation …

The merger rate of stellar-mass black hole binaries (sBHBs) inferred by the Advanced Laser
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) suggests the need for an efficient …

The formation of planets with gaseous envelopes takes place in protoplanetary accretion
discs on time scales of several million years. Small dust particles stick to each other to form …

We study the torque on low-mass planets embedded in protoplanetary discs in the two-
dimensional approximation, incorporating non-isothermal effects. We couple linear …