Posted in astro-ph.EP · 2026-01-15 · Ilaria Carleo, Amadeo Castro-González, Enric Pallé, Felipe Murgas, Grzegorz Nowak, Gaia Lacedelli, Thomas Masseron, Emily W. Wong, Patrick Eggenberger, Vincent Bourrier, Dawid Jankowski, Krzysztof Goździewski, Douglas R. Alves, James S. Jenkins, Sergio Messina, Keivan G. Stassun, Jose I. Vines, Matteo Brogi, David R. Ciardi, Catherine A. Clark, William Cochran, Karen A. Collins, Hans J. Deeg, Elise Furlan, Davide Gandolfi, Samuel Geraldía González, Artie P. Hatzes, Coel Hellier, Steve B. Howell, Judith Korth, Jorge Lillo-Box, John H. Livingston, Jaume Orell-Miquel, Carina M. Persson, Seth Redfield, Boris Safonov, David Baker, Rafael Delfin Barrena Delgado, Allyson Bieryla, Andrew Boyle, Pau Bosch-Cabot, Núria Casasayas Barris, Stavros Chairetas, Jerome P. de Leon, Izuru Fukuda, Akihiko Fukui, Pere Guerra, Kai Ikuta, Kiyoe Kawauchi, Emil Knudstrup, Florence Libotte, Michael B. Lund, Rafael Luque, Eduardo Lorenzo Martín Guerrero de Escalante, Bob Massey, Edward J. Michaels, Giuseppe Morello, Norio Narita, Hannu Parvianien, Richard P. Schwarz, Avi Shporer, Monika Stangret, Noriharu Watanabe, Cristilyn N. Watkins
The structure and evolution of close-in exoplanets are shaped by atmospheric loss and migration processes, which give rise to key population features such as the hot Neptune desert, ridge, and savanna - regions of the period-radius space whose boundaries offer critical insights into planetary formation and survival. As part of the...