Atmospheres of rocky exoplanets

R Wordsworth, L Kreidberg - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Rocky planets are common around other stars, but their atmospheric properties remain
largely unconstrained. Thanks to a wealth of recent planet discoveries and upcoming …

High-pressure studies with x-rays using diamond anvil cells

G Shen, HK Mao - Reports on progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Pressure profoundly alters all states of matter. The symbiotic development of ultrahigh-
pressure diamond anvil cells, to compress samples to sustainable multi-megabar pressures; …

[HTML][HTML] Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water

DC Rubie, SA Jacobson, A Morbidelli, DP O'Brien… - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
In order to test accretion simulations as well as planetary differentiation scenarios, we have
integrated a multistage core–mantle differentiation model with N-body accretion simulations …

[HTML][HTML] High pressure metal–silicate partitioning of Ni, Co, V, Cr, Si, and O

RA Fischer, Y Nakajima, AJ Campbell, DJ Frost… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
The distributions of major and minor elements in Earth's core and mantle were primarily
established by high pressure, high temperature metal–silicate partitioning during core …

Ignition and combustion behavior of single micron-sized iron particle in hot gas flow

S Li, J Huang, W Weng, Y Qian, X Lu, M Aldén… - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
This work investigated the ignition and combustion process of single micron-sized iron
particles in the hot gas flow of burned methane-oxygen-nitrogen mixture. The particle …

Melting and defect transitions in FeO up to pressures of Earth's core-mantle boundary

VV Dobrosavljevic, D Zhang, W Sturhahn… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The high-pressure melting curve of FeO controls key aspects of Earth's deep interior and the
evolution of rocky planets more broadly. However, existing melting studies on wüstite were …

Magma oceans, iron and chromium redox, and the origin of comparatively oxidized planetary mantles

MM Hirschmann - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
The mantles of both Earth and Mars are more oxidized than would be expected based on
low pressure equilibration of molten silicate and alloy during their magma ocean stages …

Constraints on Earth's inner core composition inferred from measurements of the sound velocity of hcp-iron in extreme conditions

T Sakamaki, E Ohtani, H Fukui, S Kamada… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Hexagonal close-packed iron (hcp-Fe) is a main component of Earth's inner core. The
difference in density between hcp-Fe and the inner core in the Preliminary Reference Earth …

Implications of the iron oxide phase transition on the interiors of rocky exoplanets

F Coppari, RF Smith, J Wang, M Millot, D Kim… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The discovery of an extraordinary number of extrasolar planets, characterized by an
unexpected variety of sizes, masses and orbits, challenges our understanding of the …

PBE-GGA predicts the B8↔ B2 phase boundary of FeO at Earth's core conditions

Z Zhang, Y Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
FeO is a crucial component of the Earth's core, and its thermodynamic properties are
essential to developing more accurate core models. It is also a notorious correlated insulator …