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April 4, 2014Astronomy and Astrophysics90 citationsOpen Access

Grain opacity and the bulk composition of extrasolar planets

CMC. MordasiniHKHubert KlahrYAY. Alibert

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Context. The opacity due to grains in the envelope of a protoplanet κgr regulates the accretion rate of gas during formation, meaning that the final bulk composition of planets with a primordial H/He envelope is a function of that opacity. Observationally, for extrasolar planets with known mass and radius it is possible to estimate the bulk composition via internal structure models.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a73dba2b7b02007e5a8be74https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321479
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