Heavy element enrichment of gas in surface-accretion disks: A possible origin of the mass-metallicity anti-correlation in exoplanets

arXiv:2605.27289 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-05-26 · Read on arXiv

Yoshitaka Ikeda, Kazumasa Ohno, Satoshi Okuzumi

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-05-26

Comments: 8 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&A Letters

Journal ref: A&A 710, L21 (2026)

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202660205

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Metallicity — 23× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Anti-correlation — 14× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Abundance — 8× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accretion Flows — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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