# Worlds in Migration

## TL;DR

This paper proposes a new migration mechanism explaining Hot Jupiters' close orbits and predicts a large population of rogue sub-Earth planets, with implications for planetary formation theories.

## Contribution

It introduces an alternative migration theory for Hot Jupiters and estimates a vast, detectable population of rogue sub-Earth planets in the galaxy.

## Key findings

- Hot Jupiters can be explained by a novel migration process.
- Approximately 2 to 40 billion rogue sub-Earth planets may exist.
- Many rogue planets could be detectable in the galaxy.

## Abstract

In this paper we discuss an alternative track for migration that can explain the existence of Hot Jupiters observed in close orbits around their stars based on a novel interpretation of established work. We also discuss the population of sub-Earth rogue planets that would be created via this migration method, which would be on the order of 2 to 40 billion, many of which would still be present in the Galaxy and potentially detectable.