Physics
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008iaus..249..167h&link_type=abstract
Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and Dynamics, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 249, p
Physics
Astrochemistry, Radiative Transfer, Methods: Numerical, Stars: Atmospheres, Stars: Low-Mass, Brown Dwarfs, Planets: Atmospheres
Scientific paper
Giant gas-planets - and brown dwarfs - form dust clouds in their atmospheres which are made of a variety of gemstone-like and possible liquid materials. Our theoretical approach, where we calculate homogeneous nucleation, heterogeneous growth/evaporation, gravitational settling, and element consumption for composite dust grains, allows to access the evolution of the dust complex in the cloud, and hence also the elements remaining in the gas phase. The cloud formation process is imprinted into these remaining elements. Following a (T, p) trajectory into the atmosphere we observe that 1. metals disappear, 2. dust forms, 3. metals re-appear, 4. dust disappears. For the first time, our kinetic cloud formation approach is coupled with an 1D atmosphere simulation and, hence, synthetic spectra can be produced based on detailed cloud micro-physics. Results are demonstrated for metal-poor gas giants and the strong influence of the dust modelling on alkali-line profile is shown.
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