%0 Generic %1 chiang2012minimummass %A Chiang, E. %A Laughlin, G. %D 2012 %K 2012 MMEN MMSN PPD a:Chiang a:Laughlin formation planets super-earth %T The Minimum-Mass Extrasolar Nebula: In-Situ Formation of Close-In Super-Earths %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.1673 %X Close-in super-Earths, with radii R = 2-5 R_Earth and orbital periods P < 100 days, orbit more than half, and perhaps nearly all Sun-like stars in the universe. We use this omnipresent population to construct the minimum-mass extrasolar nebula (MMEN), the circumstellar disk of solar-composition solids and gas from which such planets formed, if they formed near their current locations and did not migrate. In a series of back-of-the-envelope calculations, we demonstrate how in-situ formation in the MMEN is fast, efficient, and can reproduce many of the observed properties of close-in super-Earths, including their gas-to-rock fractions. Testable predictions are discussed.

@misc{chiang2012minimummass, abstract = {Close-in super-Earths, with radii R = 2-5 R_Earth and orbital periods P < 100 days, orbit more than half, and perhaps nearly all Sun-like stars in the universe. We use this omnipresent population to construct the minimum-mass extrasolar nebula (MMEN), the circumstellar disk of solar-composition solids and gas from which such planets formed, if they formed near their current locations and did not migrate. In a series of back-of-the-envelope calculations, we demonstrate how in-situ formation in the MMEN is fast, efficient, and can reproduce many of the observed properties of close-in super-Earths, including their gas-to-rock fractions. Testable predictions are discussed.}, added-at = {2014-02-03T12:56:07.000+0100}, author = {Chiang, E. and Laughlin, G.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2aa4e4e5e6de6e554d3d4dd9d396f0a3a/danielcarrera}, description = {[1211.1673] The Minimum-Mass Extrasolar Nebula: In-Situ Formation of Close-In Super-Earths}, interhash = {4a826370ec85cf4af268d1d84cb953e2}, intrahash = {aa4e4e5e6de6e554d3d4dd9d396f0a3a}, keywords = {2012 MMEN MMSN PPD a:Chiang a:Laughlin formation planets super-earth}, note = {cite arxiv:1211.1673Comment: Accepted to MNRAS 2013 March 6}, timestamp = {2014-07-25T17:15:21.000+0200}, title = {The Minimum-Mass Extrasolar Nebula: In-Situ Formation of Close-In Super-Earths}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.1673}, year = 2012 }