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Cover image: The exoplanet Corot-7 b, an extreme example of a
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Introduction Characterizing exoplanets 20130375S Miller, A
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ArticlesRadial velocity studies of cool stars 20130088HRA Jones,
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Planetary system formation in thermally evolving viscous
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Scenarios of giant planet formation and evolution and their
impact on the formation of habitable terrestrial planets 20130072A
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Very high-density planets: a possible remnant of gas giants
20130164A Mocquet, O Grasset & C Sotin
Molecular opacities for exoplanets 20130087PF Bernath
Direct imaging of exoplanets 20130090A-M Lagrange
Galactic planetary science 20130077G Tinetti
Infrared spectroscopy of exoplanets: observational constraints
20130083T Encrenaz
High-dispersion spectroscopy of extrasolar planets: from CO in
hot Jupiters to O2 in exo-Earths 20130075I Snellen
Disentangling degenerate solutions from primary transit and
secondary eclipse spectroscopy of exoplanets 20130086CA
Griffith
Chemical kinetics on extrasolar planets 20130073JI Moses
Exploring the diversity of Jupiter-class planets 20130064LN
Fletcher, PGJ Irwin, JK Barstow, RJ de Kok, J-M Lee & S
Aigrain
Thermal escape from extrasolar giant planets 20130089TT
Koskinen, P Lavvas, MJ Harris & RV Yelle
Melting in super-earths 20130076L Stixrude
Possible climates on terrestrial exoplanets 20130084F Forget and
J Leconte
Habitable worlds with no signs of life 20130082CS Cockell
Characterising exoplanets: detection, formation,interiors,
atmospheres and habitabilityPapers of a Theo Murphy Meeting Issue
organised and edited by Steve Miller, Athena Coustenis, Peter Read
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