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In situ accretion of gaseous envelopes on to planetary cores embedded in evolving protoplanetary discs
Coleman, Gavin AL; Papaloizou, John Christopher; Nelson, Richard P (Oxford University PressMONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2017-09-21)The core accretion hypothesis posits that planets with significant gaseous envelopes accreted them from their protoplanetary discs after the formation of rocky/icy cores. Observations indicate that such exoplanets exist ...