Atmospheres of Extrasolar Giant Planets

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dc.creatorMarley, Mark S.
dc.creatorFortney, Jonathan
dc.creatorSeager, Sara
dc.creatorBarman, Travis
dc.date2006-02-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:00:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:00:49Z
dc.descriptionThe key to understanding an extrasolar giant planet's spectrum--and hence its detectability and evolution--lies with its atmosphere. Now that direct observations of thermal emission from extrasolar giant planets are in hand, atmosphere models can be used to constrain atmospheric composition, thermal structure, and ultimately the formation and evolution of detected planets. We review the important physical processes that influence the atmospheric structure and evolution of extrasolar giant planets and consider what has already been learned from the first generation of observations and modeling. We pay particular attention to the roles of cloud structure, metallicity, and atmospheric chemistry in affecting detectable properties through Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the transiting giant planets. Our review stresses the uncertainties that ultimately limit our ability to interpret EGP observations. Finally we will conclude with a look to the future as characterization of multiple individual planets in a single stellar system leads to the study of comparative planetary architectures.
dc.description16 pages, 8 figures; invited review, Protostars and Planets V (Hawai, October 2005)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602468
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602468
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/108094
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleAtmospheres of Extrasolar Giant Planets
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