Over the past decade, advancement of observational capabilities, specifically the Atacama
Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast …

The origin of the elevated C/O ratios in discs around late M dwarfs compared to discs around
solar-type stars is not well understood. Here we endeavour to reproduce the observed …

Millimeter-sized dust grains experience radial velocities exceeding the gas velocities by
orders of magnitude. The viscous evolution of the accretion disk adds disk material onto the …

Meteorites, and in particular primitive meteorites (chondrites), are irreplaceable probes of
the solar protoplanetary disk. We review their essential properties and endeavour to place …

Context. Planet formation models are necessary to understand the origins of diverse
planetary systems. Circumstellar disc substructures have been proposed as preferred …

Substructures in protoplanetary disks can act as dust traps that shape the radial distribution
of pebbles. By blocking the passage of pebbles, the presence of gaps in disks may have a …

Context. In the core accretion scenario of planet formation, rocky cores grow by first
accreting solids until they are massive enough to accrete gas. For giant planet formation, this …

We propose a pebble-driven core accretion scenario to explain the formation of giant
planets around the late-M dwarfs of M★= 0.1–0.2 M⊙. In order to explore the optimal disk …

Giant exoplanets seem to have on average a much higher heavy-element content than the
Solar System giants. Past attempts to explain this heavy-element content include collisions …

Context. Radius and mass measurements of short-period giant planets reveal that many of
these planets contain a large amount of heavy elements. Although the range of inferred …