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Tidal Evolution of Exoplanets

, 2010
Tidal effects arise from differential and inelastic deformation of a planet by a perturbing body. The continuous action of tides modify the rotation of the planet together with its orbit until an equilibrium situation is reached. It is often believed that synchronous motion is the most probable outcome of the tidal evolution process, since synchronous ...
Correia, Alexandre C. M., Laskar, Jacques   +1 more
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Understanding exoplanet formation, structure and evolution in 2010 [PDF]

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2010
AbstractIn this short review, we summarize our present understanding (and non-understanding) of exoplanet formation, structure and evolution, in the light of the most recent discoveries. Recent observations of transiting massive brown dwarfs seem to remarkably confirm the predicted theoretical mass-radius relationship in this domain.
G. Chabrier, J. Leconte, and I. Baraffe
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Exoplanet atmosphere evolution: emulation with neural networks

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2023
ABSTRACT Atmospheric mass-loss is known to play a leading role in sculpting the demographics of small, close-in exoplanets. Knowledge of how such planets evolve allows one to ‘rewind the clock’ to infer the conditions in which they formed.
James G Rogers, Clàudia Janó Muñoz, James E Owen, T Lucas Makinen   +3 more
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Evidence for Low-level Dynamical Excitation in Near-resonant Exoplanet Systems

The Astronomical Journal, 2023
The geometries of near-resonant planetary systems offer a relatively pristine window into the initial conditions of exoplanet systems. Given that near-resonant systems have likely experienced minimal dynamical disruptions, the spin–orbit orientations of ...
Malena Rice, Xian-Yu Wang, Songhu Wang, Avi Shporer, Khalid Barkaoui, Rafael Brahm, Karen A. Collins, Andrés Jordán, Nataliea Lowson, R. Paul Butler, Jeffrey D. Crane, Stephen Shectman, Johanna K. Teske, David Osip, Kevin I. Collins, Felipe Murgas, Gavin Boyle, Francisco J. Pozuelos, Mathilde Timmermans, Emmanuel Jehin, Michaël Gillon   +20 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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Magnetic field evolution of hot exoplanets

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
ABSTRACT Numerical simulations have shown that the strength of planetary magnetic fields depends on the convective energy flux emerging from planetary interiors. Here, we model the interior structure of gas giant planets using mesa, to determine the convective energy flux that can drive the generation of magnetic field. This flux is then
K Kilmetis, A A Vidotto, A Allan, D Kubyshkina   +3 more
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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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Constraining Atmospheric Composition from the Outflow: Helium Observations Reveal the Fundamental Properties of Two Planets Straddling the Radius Gap

The Astronomical Journal
TOI-836 is a ∼2–3 Gyr K dwarf with an inner super Earth ( R  = 1.7 R _⊕ , P = 3.8 days) and an outer mini-Neptune ( R  = 2.6 R _⊕ , P = 8.6 days). JWST/NIRSpec 2.8–5.2 μ m transmission spectra are flat for both planets.
Michael Zhang, Jacob L. Bean, David Wilson, Girish Duvvuri, Christian Schneider, Heather A. Knutson, Fei Dai, Karen A. Collins, Cristilyn N. Watkins, Richard P. Schwarz, Khalid Barkaoui, Avi Shporer, Keith Horne, Ramotholo Sefako, Felipe Murgas, Enric Palle   +15 more
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PERICLES: A Set of Empirical Rotational Isochrones Modeled on Cool Dwarfs in Open Clusters and Wide Binaries

Astronomische Nachrichten, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Isochrones, equal‐age curves, are widely used in astrophysics to estimate stellar ages. Classical stellar parameters are, however, very limited in their usability for main sequence stars because of their weak age‐dependence. Here, rotation period measurements provide complementary information.
David Gruner, Sydney A. Barnes
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A Unified Treatment of Kepler Occurrence to Trace Planet Evolution. II. The Radius Cliff Formed by Atmospheric Escape

The Astronomical Journal
The Kepler mission enabled us to look at the intrinsic population of exoplanets within our galaxy. In period-radius space, the distribution of the intrinsic population of planets contains structure that can trace planet formation and evolution history ...
Anne Dattilo, Natalie M. Batalha
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