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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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The Effects of Non-ideal Mixing in Planetary Magma Oceans and Atmospheres
The Astrophysical JournalSub-Neptunes with hydrogen-rich envelopes are expected to sustain long-lived magma oceans that continuously exchange volatiles with their overlying atmospheres.
Aaron Werlen +4 more
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Thermoelastic Contraction as a Suppressor of Atmospheric Escape in Close-in Exoplanets
The Astrophysical JournalThe survival of volatile-rich atmospheres on close-in exoplanets challenges classical escape models. We identify a fully classical, interior-driven correction: thermoelastic contraction of the planetary mantle slightly increases the gravitational binding
L. Yıldız, D. Kaykı, E. Güdekli
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Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Volume 40, Issue 19, 15 October 2026.ABSTRACT Rationale Nitrogen isotope values have been widely used for tracing ancient biogeochemical processes, but contaminant‐sensitive materials, such as Precambrian sedimentary rocks, meteorites, or returned extraterrestrial samples, often have low nitrogen levels and are thus vulnerable to modern organic contamination.
Kunmanee Bubphamanee +2 more
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The Astrophysical JournalAtmospheric compositions of sub-Neptunes and super-Earths are often interpreted as tracers of formation location relative to volatile ice lines. However, prolonged magma oceans can chemically equilibrate with primordial atmospheres and modify accreted ...
Aaron Werlen +4 more
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The Runaway Greenhouse Effect on Hycean Worlds
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Hycean worlds are a proposed subset of sub-Neptune exoplanets with substantial water inventories, liquid surface oceans, and extended hydrogen-dominated atmospheres favorable for habitability.
Hamish Innes +2 more
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Massive Rocky Planets May Suppress Deep Melting
AGU Advances, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2026.Abstract Melting properties of silicates are critical to understanding the thermal evolution of rocky planetary interiors. In the deep mantles of massive rocky planets, post‐post‐spinel Mg2SiO4 ${\text{Mg}}_{2}{\text{SiO}}_{4}$ is potentially one of the most abundant mineral phases, yet its melting behavior remains unconstrained. Here, we determine the
Donghao Zheng, Yihang Peng, Jie Deng
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Helium Escape in Context: Comparative Signatures of Four Close-in Exoplanets
The Astrophysical JournalObservations of escaping atmospheres on close-in exoplanets show a wide range in the strength and morphology of He I 10830 Å and H I absorption. Scaling relations attempt to link the He I signal to X-ray and UV irradiation, mass loss, and bulk planetary ...
Anna Ruth Taylor +4 more
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 7, July 2026.Abstract Io's tenuous atmosphere consists primarily of sulfur dioxide (SO2 ${\text{SO}}_{2}$) with observed column densities of approximately 1016−1017 $1{0}^{16}-1{0}^{17}$ cm−2 ${\text{cm}}^{-2}$. However, it remains uncertain whether the sublimation of SO2 ${\text{SO}}_{2}$ surface frost or volcanic outgassing is the primary source of the SO2 ...
Leander Schlarmann +4 more
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The Astronomical JournalLimb-resolved transmission spectroscopy has the potential to transform our understanding of exoplanetary atmospheres. By separately measuring the transmission spectra of the evening and morning limbs, these atmospheric regions can be individually ...
Matthew M. Murphy +18 more
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