Quantitative Links between Formation and Atmospheric Composition for Giant Planets

arXiv:2608.23682 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-08-24 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-08-24

Updated: 2026-10-02

Code: https://github.com/y-chachan/accomp

Terminology

• Abundance — 43× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Metallicity — 33× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 23× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Additivity — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Decoupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Grounding — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Provenance — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Self-consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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