[HTML][HTML] Revelations on Jupiter's formation, evolution and interior: Challenges from Juno results

R Helled, DJ Stevenson, JI Lunine, SJ Bolton… - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
The Juno mission has revolutionized and challenged our understanding of Jupiter. As Juno
transitioned into its extended mission, we review the major findings of Jupiter's internal …

[HTML][HTML] Five key exoplanet questions answered via the analysis of 25 hot-Jupiter atmospheres in eclipse

Q Changeat, B Edwards, AF Al-Refaie… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Population studies of exoplanets are key to unlocking their statistical properties. So far, the
inferred properties have been mostly limited to planetary, orbital, and stellar parameters …

Tracing the formation history of giant planets in protoplanetary disks with carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur

D Turrini, E Schisano, S Fonte, S Molinari… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The composition of giant planets is imprinted by their migration history and the
compositional structure of their hosting disks. Studies in recent literature have investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Warm giant exoplanet characterisation: current state, challenges and outlook

S Müller, R Helled - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The characterisation of giant exoplanets is crucial to constrain giant planet formation and
evolution theory and for putting the solar-system's giant planets in perspective. Typically …

How drifting and evaporating pebbles shape giant planets-I. Heavy element content and atmospheric C/O

AD Schneider, B Bitsch - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021 - aanda.org
Recent observations of extrasolar gas giants suggest super-stellar C/O ratios in planetary
atmospheres, while interior models of observed extrasolar giant planets additionally suggest …

The mass of gas giant planets: Is Saturn a failed gas giant?

R Helled - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
The formation history of giant planets inside and outside the Solar System remains
unknown. We suggest that runaway gas accretion is initiated only at a mass of∼ 100 M⊕ …

Efficient planet formation by pebble accretion in ALMA rings

H Jiang, CW Ormel - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In the past decade, ALMA observations have revealed that a large fraction of protoplanetary
discs contains rings in the dust continuum. These rings are the locations where pebbles …

Breaking Degeneracies in Formation Histories by Measuring Refractory Content in Gas Giants

Y Chachan, HA Knutson, J Lothringer… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Relating planet formation to atmospheric composition has been a long-standing goal of the
planetary science community. So far, most modeling studies have focused on predicting the …

How drifting and evaporating pebbles shape giant planets-II. Volatiles and refractories in atmospheres

AD Schneider, B Bitsch - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021 - aanda.org
Upcoming studies of extrasolar gas giants will give precise insights into the composition of
planetary atmospheres, with the ultimate goal of linking it to the formation history of the …

How planets grow by pebble accretion-III. Emergence of an interior composition gradient

CW Ormel, A Vazan, MG Brouwers - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021 - aanda.org
During their formation, planets form large, hot atmospheres due to the ongoing accretion of
solids. It has been customary to assume that all solids end up at the center, constituting a …