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The Astrophysical Journal· 2013Q1

<i>KEPLER</i>PLANETS: A TALE OF EVAPORATION

James E. Owen, Yanqin Wu

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Evaporation driven by stellar irradiation is the primary factor shaping close-in planets discovered by Kepler, capable of stripping massive hydrogen envelopes from Neptune-mass objects within 0.1 AU.

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Field: Instrumentation

InstrumentationPhysics and Astronomy