Flow isolation, caused by the planet's atmosphere diverting gas and small pebbles, may set a mass limit of a few Earth masses that explains the prevalence of super-Earths in Kepler data.
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How Flow Isolation May Set the Mass Scale for Super-Earth Planets
Flow isolation, caused by the planet's atmosphere diverting gas and small pebbles, may set a mass limit of a few Earth masses that explains the prevalence of super-Earths in Kepler data.