Planetary Atmosphere Models for Spitzer Targets

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May 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006sptz.prop30175b&link_type=abstract

Spitzer Proposal ID #30175

Computer Science

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Ground and space-based surveys have revealed a large and diverse population of planets orbiting a variety of hosts. Of these new planets roughly 20% have orbital semi-major axes less than 0.1 AU. Consequently, the stellar irradiation maintains the planetary temperatures at levels much higher than for isolated planets of similar age, opening up the possibility for direct detection. This proposal outlines steps toward improving our understanding of extrasolar planets by modeling their atmospheres and comparing these models to the growing number of Spitzer observations. Three important areas will be addressed: the degree of global energy redistribution, the impact of horizontal energy flow on the emergent spectrum and the measurement of atmospheric metal abundances.

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