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Exoplanet Aeronomy: A Case Study of WASP-69 b’s Variable Thermosphere
The Astronomical JournalAeronomy, the study of Earth’s upper atmosphere and its interaction with the local space environment, has long traced changes in the thermospheres of Earth and other solar system planets to solar variability in the X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet ...
W. Garrett Levine +7 more
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Blowin’ in the Nonisothermal Wind: Core-powered Mass Loss with Hydrodynamic Radiative Transfer
The Astrophysical JournalThe mass loss rates of planets undergoing core-powered escape are usually modeled using an isothermal Parker-type wind at the equilibrium temperature, T _eq .
William Misener +3 more
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Habitability of an exoplanet based on stellar wind
Theoretical and Natural ScienceThis paper aims to investigate the influence of stellar winds on the atmosphere of exoplanets. Stellar winds, which consist of charged particles produced by stars, can heavily alter and affect the evolution and composition of exoplanet atmospheres.
Changseok Lee
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Numerical Performance of Correlated-k Distribution Method in Atmospheric Escape Simulation
The Astrophysical JournalAtmospheric escape is crucial to understanding the evolution of planets in and out of the solar system and to interpreting atmospheric observations. While hydrodynamic escape simulations have been actively developed incorporating detailed processes such ...
Yuichi Ito +2 more
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The Astrophysical JournalExoplanets with short orbit periods reside very close to their host stars. They transition very rapidly between different sectors of the circumstellar space environment along their orbit, leading to large variations of the magnetic field in the vicinity ...
Ofer Cohen +6 more
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Coupling the Secular Dynamical and Atmospheric Evolution of Close-in Exoplanets
This thesis plunges into the enigmatic formation of the hot Neptune desert, a sparsely populated region of exoplanetary demographics, by exploring the processes that shape close-in exoplanets. Central to this inquiry is the interplay between atmospheric evaporation and orbital migration, two pivotal mechanisms governing the evolution of planetary ...
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Not All Sub-Neptune Exoplanets Have Magma Oceans
The Astrophysical Journal LettersThe evolution and structure of sub-Neptunes may be strongly influenced by interactions between the outer gaseous envelope of the planet and a surface magma ocean.
Bodie Breza +2 more
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Coupled Planetary Interior and Tidal Evolution
The Astrophysical JournalWe present a new planetary structure/thermal evolution model, designed for use in problems that couple orbital dynamics with planetary structure. We first benchmark our structural/thermal evolution calculations against the MESA stellar evolution code ...
Tim Hallatt, Sarah Millholland
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The Astronomical JournalAtmospheric mass loss is thought to induce the bimodality in the small planet population as we observe it today. Observationally, active mass loss can be traced by excess absorption in spectral lines of lighter species, such as the hydrogen Ly α line and
Ava Morrissey +8 more
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An Oxidation Gradient Straddling the Small Planet Radius Valley
The Astrophysical JournalWe present a population-level view of volatile gas species (H _2 , He, H _2 O, O _2 , CO, CO _2 , CH _4 ) distribution during the sub-Neptune to rocky planet transition, revealing in detail the dynamic nature of small planet atmospheric compositions. Our
Collin Cherubim +5 more
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