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Retrieval of atmospheric structure and composition of exoplanets from transit spectroscopy

, 2012
Recent spectroscopic observations of transiting exoplanets have permitted the derivation of the thermal structure and molecular abundances of H2O, CO, CO2, CH4, metallic oxides and alkali metals in these extreme atmospheres. Here, for the first time, a fully-fledged retrieval algorithm has been applied to exoplanet spectra to determine the thermal ...
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Surrogate-accelerated Bayesian Inversion for Exoplanet Interior Characterization

The Astrophysical Journal
Characterizing the interior structure of exoplanets is an inverse problem often solved using Bayesian inference, but this approach is hampered by the high computational cost of planetary structure models.
Tijn de Wringer, Caroline Dorn, Emily O. Garvin, Stefano Marelli   +3 more
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Mercury's Eccentric Orbit as a Driver of Significant “Seasonal” Change in Upstream Solar Wind Forcing

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 12, 28 June 2026.
Abstract Mercury experiences the most intense and variable solar wind (SW) conditions in the solar system due to its close, eccentric orbit about the Sun. In addition to variation driven by coronal source and solar cycle, the SW arriving at Mercury varies periodically as the planet's heliocentric distance changes by over 50% per orbit.
Ryan M. Dewey, Caitriona Mary Jackman, Mathias Rojo, Lina Z. Hadid, Beatriz Sánchez‐Cano, Charles F. Bowers, Jim M. Raines, Susan T. Lepri, Stefano Livi, Jesse T. Coburn, Sae Aizawa, Yeimy J. Rivera, Weijie Sun, Jiutong Zhao, James A. Slavin, Daniel Heyner, Daragh M. Hollman, Alexander D. Shane   +17 more
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Effects of Planetary Parameters on Disequilibrium Chemistry in Irradiated Planetary Atmospheres: From Gas Giants to Sub-Neptunes

The Astrophysical Journal
A primary goal of characterizing exoplanet atmospheres is to constrain planetary bulk properties, such as their metallicity, C/O ratio, and intrinsic heat.
Sagnick Mukherjee, Jonathan J. Fortney, Nicholas F. Wogan, David K. Sing, Kazumasa Ohno   +4 more
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Effects of Hot Oxygen Corona on Ion Escape From Venus‐Like Planets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Due to the lack of a significant planetary magnetic field, the upper atmospheres of Venus‐like planets interact directly with the stellar wind. Therefore, thermal atomic oxygen in the thermosphere and hot oxygen in the corona produced by non‐thermal processes in the upper atmosphere act as a source of ion pickup loss.
T. Nishioka, K. Seki, R. Sakata, N. Terada, S. Sakai, H. Shinagawa, A. Nakayama   +6 more
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exoplanet-dev/exoplanet: exoplanet v0.3.2

, 2020
Fixes a documentation bug introduced in v0.3.
Dan Foreman-Mackey, Eric Agol, Tom Barclay, Ian Czekala, Rodrigo Luger, Adrian Price-Whelan   +5 more
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Wind-AE: A Fast, Open-source 1D Photoevaporation Code with Metal and Multifrequency X-Ray Capabilities

The Astrophysical Journal
Throughout their lives, short-period exoplanets (
Madelyn I. Broome, Ruth Murray-Clay, John R. McCann, James E. Owen   +3 more
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Predicting Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation in Nitrate Deposition on Early Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Noachian and early Hesperian Mars were likely warm and wet, with an atmosphere abundant in molecular nitrogen. The recent discovery of nitrate deposits in the Yellowknife Bay mudstones at Gale Crater confirm the existence of nitrogen oxides (NOX) on Noachian Mars. The processes responsible for the production of these nitrates would fractionate
J. Shawcross, D. J. Adams, M. L. Wong, K. J. Smith, Y. L. Yung   +4 more
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The influence of galactic cosmic rays on ion-neutral hydrocarbon chemistry in the upper atmospheres of free-floating exoplanets [PDF]

, 2014
The authors highlight financial support of the European Community under the FP7 by an ERC starting grant.Cosmic rays may be linked to the formation of volatiles necessary for prebiotic chemistry.
P. B. Rimmer, C. Bilger, Rimmer, P.B., Helling, C., Bilger, C., Ch. Helling   +5 more
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Fleeting but Not Forgotten: The Imprint of Escaping Hydrogen Atmospheres on Super-Earth Interiors

The Astrophysical Journal
Small, 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, Hilke E. Schlichting, Edward D. Young   +2 more
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