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Snapshots of the typical accretion process from...

Snapshots of the typical accretion process from the disk inner edge to the planet for si...

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Distributions of τa,mag (color scale) superpose...

Distributions of τa,mag (color scale) superposed with streamlines of −RBϕBpol for the ty...

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Snapshots of simulations G101Dn5In4 (left), G10...

Snapshots of simulations G101Dn5In4 (left), G101Dn6In4 (middle), and G105Dn5In3 (right) ...

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(a) Ambient gas resistivities as functions of t...

(a) Ambient gas resistivities as functions of temperature and (b) the CPD resistivities ...

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Snapshots of simulations G101Dn5In4 (left) and ...

Snapshots of simulations G101Dn5In4 (left) and G101Dn5In4n3 (right) at ...

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Properties of the confined magnetosphere at ...

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Typical accretion process for simulation G101Dn...

Typical accretion process for simulation G101Dn5In4n3 where the outflows are suppressed....

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Same as Figure 10, but at ...

Same as Figure 10, but at ﹩t=0.6620\,{{\rm{\Omega }}}_{{\rm{KH}}}^{-1}﹩.

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Same as Figure 10, but for the inflating magnet...

Same as Figure 10, but for the inflating magnetosphere at ...

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Same as Figure 10, but for the inflating magnet...

Same as Figure 10, but for the inflating magnetosphere at ...

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Time-averaged properties from ...

Time-averaged properties from ﹩t=0.6342\,{{\rm{\Omega }}}_{{\rm{KH}}}^{-1}﹩ to ...

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Volume fraction derivatives (VFDs) with respect...

Volume fraction derivatives (VFDs) with respect to ...

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Snapshots of the alternative accretion process ...

Snapshots of the alternative accretion process for simulation G101Dn5In4 when the unlimi...

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Time evolution of the toroidal magnetic energy ...

Time evolution of the toroidal magnetic energy within the twisted upper-half magnetosphe...

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Time evolution of Uϕ, ...

Time evolution of Uϕ, ﹩{\dot{U}}_{\phi ,{\rm{C}}F}﹩, ﹩{\dot{U}}_{\phi ,{\rm{L}}or}﹩, ...

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Time evolution of Uϕ, ...

Time evolution of Uϕ, ﹩{\dot{U}}_{\phi ,{\rm{C}}F}﹩, ﹩{\dot{U}}_{\phi ,{\rm{L}}or}﹩, ...

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CPD midplane properties. Radial profiles of the...

CPD midplane properties. Radial profiles of the midplane temperature (Tmid; top left), a...

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Mass flux across the planetary surface (evaluat...

Mass flux across the planetary surface (evaluated at r = 0.00334 rH) as a function of ti...

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Snapshot of simulation G101Dn5In4n3 at ...

Snapshot of simulation G101Dn5In4n3 at ﹩t=0.7668\,{{\rm{\Omega }}}_{{\rm{KH}}}^{-1}﹩. Th...

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Identification of MRI-active regions in our CPD...

Identification of MRI-active regions in our CPDs. Shown are the density distribution (co...

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Same as Figure 17, but focusing on the interval...

Same as Figure 17, but focusing on the interval ...

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Time evolution of Lc for simulations G101Dn5In4...

Time evolution of Lc for simulations G101Dn5In4n3 and G101Dn5In4n4m5 (see the text for t...

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Same as Figure 15, but for simulations G101Dn6I...

Same as Figure 15, but for simulations G101Dn6In4n3 and G101Dn6In4n4m5.

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Same as Figure 15, but for simulations G105Dn5I...

Same as Figure 15, but for simulations G105Dn5In3 and G105Dn5In3n4m5.

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Comparison between the CNN-emulated photon spec...

Comparison between the CNN-emulated photon spectra and the corresponding numerical-model...

Jia-Ming Chen et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1005 1

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