Protoplanetary disks are quasi-steady structures whose evolution and dispersal determine
the environment for planet formation. I review the theory of protoplanetary disk evolution and …

Theoretical studies of giant planet formation suggest that substantial quantities of metals—
elements heavier than hydrogen and helium—can be delivered by solid accretion during the …

Context. The explosion of observational data on exoplanets gives many constraints on
theoretical models of planet formation and evolution. Observational data probe very large …

We report the distribution of planets as a function of planet radius, orbital period, and stellar
effective temperature for orbital periods less than 50 days around solar-type (GK) stars …

We use models of coupled thermal evolution and photo-evaporative mass loss to
understand the formation and evolution of the Kepler-36 system. We show that the large …

" The study of planet formation has a long history. The idea that the Solar System formed
from a rotating disk of gas and dust-the Nebula Hypothesis-dates back to the writings of …

We apply hydrodynamic evaporation models to different synthetic planet populations that
were obtained from a planet formation code based on the core-accretion paradigm. We …

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⊕ …

Close-in super-Earths having radii 1–4 R⊕ may possess hydrogen atmospheres comprising
a few percent by mass of their rocky cores. We determine the conditions under which such …

The interiors of giant planets remain poorly understood. Even for the planets in the Solar
System, difficulties in observation lead to large uncertainties in the properties of planetary …