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THE INFLUENCE OF THE EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION ON THE STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF EXOPLANETS [PDF]

The Astrophysical Journal, 2016
ABSTRACT By varying the profiles of stellar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectral energy distributions (SEDs), we tested the influences of stellar EUV SEDs on the physical and chemical properties of an escaping atmosphere. We apply our model to study four exoplanets: HD 189733b, HD 209458b, GJ 436b, and Kepler-11b.
Guo, J. H., Ben-Jaffel, Lotfi
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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, JinSu Zhang, Frederic Schmidt, Duo Cui, XiaoMeng Huang, Tong Li, Feng Tian   +6 more
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Exoplanet phase curves: observations and theory

, 2018
Phase curves are the best technique to probe the three dimensional structure of exoplanets' atmospheres. In this chapter we first review current exoplanets phase curve observations and the particular challenges they face.
A Shporer, A Shporer, Adam P. Showman, AP Showman, AP Showman, AP Showman, BO Demory, BO Demory, C Visscher, Curtis S. Cooper, D Perez-Becker, D Piskorz, D. J. Armstrong, DDB Koll, F Selsis, HA Knutson, HA Knutson, Heather A. Knutson, I Hubeny, Ian Wong, Ian Wong, IJM Crossfield, IJM Crossfield, IJM Crossfield, J Harrington, J Langton, J Leconte, J Leconte, J Wit de, J Yang, J. C. Schwartz, JC Schwartz, JE Krick, JJ Fortney, K Batygin, K Haynes, K Heng, K Heng, KB Stevenson, KB Stevenson, KB Stevenson, KB Stevenson, Kevin B. Stevenson, L Kreidberg, Lisa J. Esteves, M Agúndez, M Oreshenko, MR Line, MW Webber, N Iro, NB Cowan, NB Cowan, NB Cowan, Nicolas B. Cowan, NK Lewis, NK Lewis, P Hut, PFL Maxted, R Hu, R Perna, R Perna, Robert T. Zellem, RT Pierrehumbert, S Fromang, S Millholland, SM Tsai, SR Kane, T Guillot, T Kataria, T Kataria, TD Komacek, Thaddeus D. Komacek, TM Evans, TM Rogers, TM Rogers, UA Dyudina, V Parmentier, Vivien Parmentier, Vivien Parmentier, Vivien Parmentier, X Zhang, YK Feng   +81 more
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Jupiter as an exoplanet: UV to NIR transmission spectrum reveals hazes, a Na layer and possibly stratospheric H2O-ice clouds [PDF]

, 2015
Currently, the analysis of transmission spectra is the most successful technique to probe the chemical composition of exoplanet atmospheres. But the accuracy of these measurements is constrained by observational limitations and the diversity of possible ...
Garcia-Melendo, E., Gonzalez-Merino, B, Lopez-Puertas, M., Montañes-Rodriguez, P., Palle, E.   +4 more
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Impacting Atmospheres: How Late-stage Pollution Alters Exoplanet Composition

The Astrophysical Journal
Abstract The atmospheric composition of exoplanets is often considered as a probe of the planet’s formation conditions. How exactly the initial chemical memory may be altered from the birth to the final state of the planet, however, remains unknown.
Emilia Vlahos, Yayaati Chachan, Vincent Savignac, Eve J. Lee   +3 more
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Nitrogen as a Tracer of Giant Planet Formation. I. A Universal Deep Adiabatic Profile and Semianalytical Predictions of Disequilibrium Ammonia Abundances in Warm Exoplanetary Atmospheres

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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Photochemistry in Terrestrial Exoplanet Atmospheres III: Photochemistry and Thermochemistry in Thick Atmospheres on Super Earths and Mini Neptunes [PDF]

, 2013
Some super Earths and mini Neptunes will likely have thick atmospheres that are not H2-dominated. We have developed a photochemistry-thermochemistry kinetic-transport model for exploring the compositions of thick atmospheres on super Earths and mini ...
Hu, Renyu, Seager, Sara
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Atmospheric C/O Ratios of Sub-Neptunes with Magma Oceans: Homemade rather than Inherited

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope has enabled detailed spectroscopic characterization of sub-Neptune atmospheres. With detections of carbon- and oxygen-bearing species such as CO, CO _2 , CH _4 , and H _2 O, a central question is whether the ...
Aaron Werlen, Caroline Dorn, Hilke E. Schlichting, Simon L. Grimm, Edward D. Young   +4 more
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Detection of Atmospheric Escape from Four Young Mini-Neptunes

The Astronomical Journal, 2023
We use Keck/NIRSPEC to survey a sample of of young (
Michael Zhang, Heather A. Knutson, Fei Dai, Lile Wang, George R. Ricker, Richard P. Schwarz, Christopher Mann, Karen Collins   +7 more
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Atmospheric circulation of exoplanets

地球与行星物理论评, 2023
To date, more than 5000 exoplanets and more than 2000 brown dwarfs have been confirmed, which shows rich diversities in many aspects. With the rapid growth of the planet family, both observational and theoretical research on exoplanet atmosphere is ...
Yuchen Lian, Yongyun Hu
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