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Towards a Theory for the Atmospheres, Structure, and Evolution of Giant Exoplanets [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2011 AbstractIn this short review, I summarize some of the salient features of the emerging theory of exoplanets in general, and of giant exoplanets in particular. A focus is on the characterization of transiting planets at primary and secondary eclipse, but various other related topics are covered, if only briefly.
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Unveiling the atmospheric evolution of exoplanets
, 2021 A thorough characterisation of an exoplanetary system includes also studying the evolution of planetary atmospheres. To this end, we developed a custom tool to estimate the atmospheric content of exoplanets at the dispersal of the protoplanetary disk accounting for the present day system observables. In detail, our tool relies on planetary evolutionary
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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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The Astronomical Journal, 2023 Irradiated Jovian atmospheres are complex and dynamic and can undergo temporal variations due to the close proximity of their parent stars. Of the Jovian planets that have been cataloged to date, KELT-9b is the hottest gas giant known, with an ...
Nataliea Lowson +12 more
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A Coupled Analysis of Atmospheric Mass Loss and Tidal Evolution in XUV Irradiated Exoplanets: The TRAPPIST-1 Case Study [PDF]
The Astronomical Journal, 2020 Abstract Exoplanets residing close to their stars can experience evolution of both their physical structures and their orbits due to the influence of their host stars. In this work, we present a coupled analysis of dynamical tidal dissipation and atmospheric mass loss for exoplanets in X-ray and ultraviolet (XUV) irradiated environments.
Juliette Becker +4 more
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Nonthermal Atmospheric Escape on the Kepler-11 “Super-Earths” Driven by Stellar Wind Sputtering
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Jeans escape or hydrodynamic escape is believed to dominate atmospheric loss for hot Jupiters. However, nonthermal mechanisms likely contribute substantially on hydrogen-rich “super-Earths” with relatively cold and extended atmospheres.
Hao Gu +4 more
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The Astronomical Journal, 2023 Extremely low-density exoplanets are tantalizing targets for atmospheric characterization because of their promisingly large signals in transmission spectroscopy.
Aaron Bello-Arufe +8 more
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EUV influences on exoplanet atmospheric stability and evolution
, 2019 Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey.
Youngblood, Allison +17 more
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Fleeting but Not Forgotten: The Imprint of Escaping Hydrogen Atmospheres on Super-Earth Interiors
The Astrophysical JournalSmall, close-in exoplanets are divided into two subpopulations: super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. Most super-Earths are thought to have lost their primordially accreted hydrogen-dominated atmospheres via thermally driven winds.
James G. Rogers +2 more
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Atmospheric mass-loss and evolution of short-period exoplanets: the examples of CoRoT-7b and Kepler-10b [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2013 Short-period exoplanets potentially lose envelope masses during their evolution because of atmospheric escape caused by the intense XUV radiation from their host stars. We develop a combined model of atmospheric mass loss calculation and thermal evolution calculation of a planet to simulate its evolution and explore the dependences on the formation ...
Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Kaltenegger, L.
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