The Cold Jupiter Eccentricity Distribution is Consistent with EKL Driven by Stellar Companions
Grant C. Weldon et al 2025 ApJL 980 L31 Introducing nonzero initial orbital eccentricities into simulations brings the predictions of the eccentric Kozai–Lidov mechanism into alignment with…
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