The theory of brown dwarfs and extrasolar giant planets

A Burrows, WB Hubbard, JI Lunine, J Liebert - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2001 - APS
Straddling the traditional realms of the planets and the stars, objects below the edge of the
main sequence have such unique properties, and are being discovered in such quantities …

Low-temperature opacities

JW Ferguson, DR Alexander, F Allard… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Previous computations of low-temperature Rosseland and Planck mean opacities from
Alexander & Ferguson are updated and expanded. The new computations include a more …

Albedo and reflection spectra of extrasolar giant planets

D Sudarsky, A Burrows, P Pinto - The Astrophysical Journal, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We generate theoretical albedo and reflection spectra for a full range of extrasolar giant
planet (EGP) models, from Jovian to 51 Pegasi class objects. Our albedo modeling utilizes …

Atomic and molecular opacities for brown dwarf and giant planet atmospheres

CM Sharp, A Burrows - The Astrophysical Journal Supplement …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a comprehensive description of the theory and practice of opacity calculations
from the infrared to the ultraviolet needed to generate models of the atmospheres of brown …

Theoretical spectra and atmospheres of extrasolar giant planets

D Sudarsky, A Burrows, I Hubeny - The Astrophysical Journal, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a comprehensive theory of the spectra and atmospheres of irradiated extrasolar
giant planets. We explore the dependences on stellar type, orbital distance, cloud …

[HTML][HTML] Mid-infrared mapping of Jupiter's temperatures, aerosol opacity and chemical distributions with IRTF/TEXES

LN Fletcher, TK Greathouse, GS Orton, JA Sinclair… - Icarus, 2016 - Elsevier
Global maps of Jupiter's atmospheric temperatures, gaseous composition and aerosol
opacity are derived from a programme of 5–20 µm mid-infrared spectroscopic observations …

Clouds, aerosols, and photochemistry in the Jovian atmosphere

RA West, DF Strobel, MG Tomasko - Icarus, 1986 - Elsevier
In this paper we review current ideas about the composition, horizontal and vertical
distribution, and microphysical properties of clouds and aerosols in Jupiter's upper …

Photochemistry and spectral characterization of temperate and gas-rich exoplanets

R Hu - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Exoplanets that receive stellar irradiance approximately equal to Earth's or less have been
discovered and many are suitable for spectral characterization. Here, we focus on the …

Zonal mean properties of Jupiter's upper troposphere from Voyager infrared observations

PJ Gierasch, BJ Conrath, JA Magalha - Icarus, 1986 - Elsevier
The highest spatial resolution Voyager IRIS spectra are used to produce zonal averages of
the temperature at the 150-and 270-mb pressure levels, of the para-hydrogen fraction at 270 …

Phosphine on jupiter and saturn from cassini/cirs

LN Fletcher, GS Orton, NA Teanby, PGJ Irwin - Icarus, 2009 - Elsevier
The global distribution of phosphine (PH3) on Jupiter and Saturn is derived using 2.5 cm− 1
spectral resolution Cassini/CIRS observations. We extend the preliminary PH3 analyses on …