Solutions to Hot Systems?
Solution 1: Damping due to a small amount of gas (Agnor & Ward).
- Works if the planets can form first.
- Initial attempts to include in planet formation simulations fail. (Kominami & Ida)
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- However, this effect coupled with secular resonance sweeping may solve the problem.
(Nagasawa, Lin, & Thommes —
This will be discussed in the next talk by Doug Lin.)