@inproceedings{e4addb88a6a44a8eaaac93c4384a4332,
title = "Resonant Planets: From Stability to Violent Upheaval",
abstract = "We show that interaction with a gas disk may produce young planetary systems with closely-spaced orbits, stabilized by mean-motion resonances between neighbors. On longer timescales, after the gas is gone, interaction with a remnant planetesimal disk tends to pull these configurations apart, eventually inducing dynamical instability. We find that this can lead to a variety of outcomes; some cases resemble the Solar System, while others end up with high-eccentricity orbits reminiscent of the observed exoplanets. A similar mechanism has been previously suggested as the cause of the lunar Late Heavy Bombardment. Thus, it may be that a large-scale dynamical instability, with more or less cataclysmic results, is an evolutionary step common to many planetary systems, including our own.",
author = "Thommes, {Edward W.} and Geoffrey Bryden and Y Wu and Rasio, {Frederic A}",
year = "2008",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "978-1-58381-666-0",
series = "Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series",
publisher = "Astronomical Society of the Pacific",
pages = "315--323",
booktitle = "Extreme Solar Systems",
}