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High-resolution Satellite Imaging of the 2004 Transit of Venus and Asymmetries in the Cytherean Atmosphere [PDF]

, 2011
This paper presents the only space-borne optical-imaging observations of the 2004 June 8 transit of Venus, the first such transit visible from Earth since AD 1882.
Pasachoff, Jay M., Schneider, Glenn, Widemann, Thomas   +2 more
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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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The Inhomogeneity Effect. III. Weather Impacts on the Heat Flow of Hot Jupiters

The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
The interior flux of a giant planet impacts atmospheric motion, and the atmosphere dictates the interior’s cooling. Here we use a non-hydrostatic general circulation model (Simulating Non-hydrostatic Atmospheres on Planets) coupled with a multi-stream ...
Xi Zhang, Cheng Li, Huazhi Ge, Tianhao Le   +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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Gliese 581g as a scaled-up version of Earth: atmospheric circulation simulations

, 2011
We use three-dimensional simulations to study the atmospheric circulation on the first Earth-sized exoplanet discovered in the habitable zone of an M star.
Anderson, Charbonneau, Cho, Cho, Cooper, Cooper, Cowan, Dvorak, Edwards, Edwards, Fraser, Gold, Gordon, Held, Heng, Joshi, Joshi, Kevin Heng, Kraucunas, Lammer, Mayor, Menou, Merlis, Mitchell, Peixóto, Pierrehumbert, Roeckner, Saravanan, Scalo, Selsis, Shapiro, Shell, Showman, Showman, Smagorinsky, Smagorinsky, Snellen, Stauffer, Stephenson, Steven S. Vogt, Suarez, Tarter, Thrastarson, Vallis, Vogt, Washington, Watkins, Wordsworth, Wordsworth   +48 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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The ARCiS framework for Exoplanet Atmospheres: The Cloud Transport Model [PDF]

, 2019
Understanding of clouds is instrumental in interpreting current and future spectroscopic observations of exoplanets. Modelling clouds consistently is complex, since it involves many facets of chemistry, nucleation theory, condensation physics ...
Min, Michiel, Ormel, Chris W.
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Early Time Small-scale Structures in Hot Exoplanet Atmosphere Simulations

The Astrophysical Journal
Abstract We report on the critical influence of small-scale flow structures (e.g., fronts, vortices, and waves) that immediately arise in hot exoplanet atmosphere simulations initialized with a resting state. A hot, 1:1 spin–orbit synchronized Jupiter is used here as a clear example; but, the phenomenon is generic and important for any ...
J. W. Skinner, J. Y-K. Cho
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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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Nitrogen as a Tracer of Giant Planet Formation. II. Comprehensive Study of Nitrogen Photochemistry and Implications for Observing NH3 and HCN in Transmission and Emission Spectra

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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