A FRAMEWORK FOR CHARACTERIZING THE ATMOSPHERES OF LOW-MASS LOW-DENSITY TRANSITING PLANETS
@article{Fortney2013AFF, title={A FRAMEWORK FOR CHARACTERIZING THE ATMOSPHERES OF LOW-MASS LOW-DENSITY TRANSITING PLANETS}, author={J. Fortney and C. Mordasini and N. Nettelmann and E. Kempton and T. Greene and K. Zahnle}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2013}, volume={775}, pages={80} }
We perform modeling investigations to aid in understanding the atmospheres and composition of small planets of ~2-4 Earth radii, which are now known to be common in our Galaxy. GJ 1214b is a well-studied example whose atmospheric transmission spectrum has been observed by many investigators. Here we take a step back from GJ 1214b to investigate the role that planetary mass, composition, and temperature play in impacting the transmission spectra of these low-mass low-density (LMLD) planets… CONTINUE READING
Figures from this paper
125 Citations
UNDERSTANDING THE MASS-RADIUS RELATION FOR SUB-NEPTUNES: RADIUS AS A PROXY FOR COMPOSITION
- Physics
- 2014
- 314
- PDF
The distribution of heavy-elements in giant protoplanetary atmospheres: the importance of planetesimal-envelope interactions.
- Physics
- 2018
- 15
- PDF
Connecting Giant Planet Atmosphere and Interior Modeling: Constraints on Atmospheric Metal Enrichment
- Physics
- 2018
- 20
- PDF
Spitzer Secondary Eclipse Observations of Five Cool Gas Giant Planets and Empirical Trends in Cool Planet Emission Spectra
- Physics
- 2015
- 43
- PDF
Haze production rates in super-Earth and mini-Neptune atmosphere experiments
- Environmental Science
- 2018
- 36
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 133 REFERENCES
A ground-based transmission spectrum of the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b
- Physics, Medicine
- Nature
- 2010
- 277
- PDF
A Unified Theory for the Atmospheres of the Hot and Very Hot Jupiters: Two Classes of Irradiated Atmospheres
- Physics
- 2008
- 533
- PDF