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A New Method For Studying Exoplanet Atmospheres Using Planetary Infrared Excess [PDF]
ApJL 898 L35 (2020), 2020 To date, the ability for observers to reveal the composition or thermal structure of an exoplanet's atmosphere has rested on two techniques: high-contrast direct imaging and time-series observations of transiting exoplanets. The former is currently limited to characterizing young, massive objects while the latter requires near 90 degree orbital ...
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 Recently, the first JWST measurement of thermal emission from a rocky exoplanet was reported. The inferred dayside brightness temperature of TRAPPIST-1 b at 15 μ m is consistent with the planet having no atmosphere and therefore no mechanism by which to ...
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Simultaneous characterization of the atmospheres, surfaces, and exomoons of nearby rocky exoplanets
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2018 Atmospheric composition is an important indicator of habitability and life. The presence or absence of a large exomoon around an Earth-size exoplanet could have important consequences for planet climate stability.
WenLiang Cui +6 more
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 Studies of exoplanetary atmospheres have found no definite correlations between observed high-altitude aerosols and other system parameters. This could be, in part, because of the lack of homogeneous exoplanet samples for which specific parameters can be
Chima D. McGruder +3 more
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The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 A major motivation of spectroscopic observations of giant exoplanets is to unveil planet formation processes from atmospheric compositions. Several recent studies suggested that atmospheric nitrogen, like carbon and oxygen, can provide important ...
Kazumasa Ohno, Jonathan J. Fortney
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Featureless transmission spectra of 12 giant exoplanets observed by GTC/OSIRIS [PDF]
A&A 675, A62 (2023), 2023 Exoplanet atmospheres are the key to understanding the nature of exoplanets. To this end, transit spectrophotometry provides us opportunities to investigate the physical properties and chemical compositions of exoplanet atmospheres. We aim to detect potential atmospheric signatures in 12 gaseous giant exoplanets using transit spectrophotometry and we ...
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The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Atmospheric nitrogen may provide important constraints on giant planet formation. Following our semianalytical work, we further pursue the relation between observable NH _3 and an atmosphere’s bulk nitrogen abundance by applying the photochemical ...
Kazumasa Ohno, Jonathan J. Fortney
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Deuterium Escape on Photoevaporating Sub-Neptunes
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 We investigate the evolution of the deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H) mass ratio driven by EUV photoevaporation of hydrogen-rich atmospheres of close-in sub-Neptunes around solar-type stars.
Pin-Gao Gu, Howard Chen
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Aerosol Composition of Hot Giant Exoplanets Dominated by Silicates and Hydrocarbon Hazes [PDF]
, 2020 Aerosols are common in the atmospheres of exoplanets across a wide swath of temperatures, masses, and ages. These aerosols strongly impact observations of transmitted, reflected, and emitted light from exoplanets, obfuscating our understanding of exoplanet thermal structure and composition.
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Highlights in the Study of Exoplanet Atmospheres [PDF]
Nature, 513, pp. 345-352, 2014, 2014 Exoplanets are now being discovered in profusion. However, to understand their character requires spectral models and data. These elements of remote sensing can yield temperatures, compositions, and even weather patterns, but only if significant improvements in both the parameter retrieval process and measurements are achieved.
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