Giant planets are unlikely to retain dilute cores through their evolution unless they form with low initial luminosity and steep internal compositional steps.
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Convective mixing in distant and close-in giant planets -- Dependences on the initial composition, luminosity, bloating and semi-convection
Giant planets are unlikely to retain dilute cores through their evolution unless they form with low initial luminosity and steep internal compositional steps.