[HTML][HTML] The 2024 release of the ExoMol database: molecular line lists for exoplanet and other hot atmospheres

J Tennyson, SN Yurchenko, J Zhang… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ExoMol database (www. exomol. com) provides molecular data for spectroscopic
studies of hot atmospheres. These data are widely used to model atmospheres of …

Five key exoplanet questions answered via the analysis of 25 hot-Jupiter atmospheres in eclipse

Q Changeat, B Edwards, AF Al-Refaie… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Population studies of exoplanets are key to unlocking their statistical properties. So far, the
inferred properties have been mostly limited to planetary, orbital, and stellar parameters …

A unique hot Jupiter spectral sequence with evidence for compositional diversity

M Mansfield, MR Line, JL Bean, JJ Fortney… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The emergent spectra of close-in, giant exoplanets ('hot Jupiters') are expected to be distinct
from those of self-luminous objects with similar effective temperatures because hot Jupiters …

An atomic spectral survey of WASP-76b: resolving chemical gradients and asymmetries

AY Kesseli, IAG Snellen… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrahot Jupiters are gas giants that orbit so close to their host star that they are tidally
locked, causing a permanent hot dayside and a cooler nightside. Signatures of their …

ESPRESSO high-resolution transmission spectroscopy of WASP-76 b

HM Tabernero, MRZ Osorio, R Allart, F Borsa… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Aims. We report on ESPRESSO high-resolution transmission spectroscopic observations of
two primary transits of the highly irradiated, ultra-hot Jupiter-sized planet, WASP-76b. We …

Decomposing the iron cross-correlation signal of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76b in transmission using 3D Monte Carlo radiative transfer

JP Wardenier, V Parmentier, EKH Lee… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Ultra-hot Jupiters are tidally locked gas giants with dayside temperatures high enough to
dissociate hydrogen and other molecules. Their atmospheres are vastly non-uniform in …

Exploring the ability of Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 G141 to uncover trends in populations of exoplanet atmospheres through a homogeneous transmission survey …

B Edwards, Q Changeat, A Tsiaras… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present analysis of the atmospheres of 70 gaseous extrasolar planets via transit
spectroscopy with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). For over half of these, we …

Exploring the effects of active magnetic drag in a general circulation model of the ultrahot Jupiter WASP-76b

H Beltz, E Rauscher, MT Roman… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrahot Jupiters represent an exciting avenue for testing extreme physics and observing
atmospheric circulation regimes not found in our solar system. Their high temperatures …

Spatially resolving the terminator: variation of Fe, temperature, and winds in WASP-76 b across planetary limbs and orbital phase

S Gandhi, A Kesseli, I Snellen, M Brogi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Exoplanet atmospheres are inherently three-dimensional systems in which thermal/chemical
variation and winds can strongly influence spectra. Recently, the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76 …

CRIRES+ detection of CO emissions lines and temperature inversions on the dayside of WASP-18b and WASP-76b

F Yan, L Nortmann, A Reiners, N Piskunov… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
The dayside atmospheres of ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) are predicted to possess temperature
inversion layers with extremely high temperatures at high altitudes. We observed the …