Astrochemistry and compositions of planetary systems

KI Öberg, EA Bergin - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Planets form and obtain their compositions in disks of gas and dust around young stars. The
chemical compositions of these planet-forming disks regulate all aspects of planetary …

[HTML][HTML] Revelations on Jupiter's formation, evolution and interior: Challenges from Juno results

R Helled, DJ Stevenson, JI Lunine, SJ Bolton… - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
The Juno mission has revolutionized and challenged our understanding of Jupiter. As Juno
transitioned into its extended mission, we review the major findings of Jupiter's internal …

Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRCam

EM Ahrer, KB Stevenson, M Mansfield, SE Moran… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Measuring the metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratio in exoplanet atmospheres is a
fundamental step towards constraining the dominant chemical processes at work and, if in …

A solar C/O and sub-solar metallicity in a hot Jupiter atmosphere

MR Line, M Brogi, JL Bean, S Gandhi, J Zalesky… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Measurements of the atmospheric carbon (C) and oxygen (O) relative to hydrogen (H) in hot
Jupiters (relative to their host stars) provide insight into their formation location and …

Temperature-pressure phase diagram of confined monolayer water/ice at first-principles accuracy with a machine-learning force field

B Lin, J Jiang, XC Zeng, L Li - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the phase behaviour of nanoconfined water films is of fundamental
importance in broad fields of science and engineering. However, the phase behaviour of the …

Planet formation theory in the era of ALMA and Kepler: from pebbles to exoplanets

J Drazkowska, B Bitsch, M Lambrechts… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Our understanding of planet formation has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The
classical planet formation theory, developed when the only known planetary system was our …

A comparative study of atmospheric chemistry with VULCAN

SM Tsai, M Malik, D Kitzmann, JR Lyons… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an update of the open-source photochemical kinetics code VULCAN to include
C–H–N–O–S networks and photochemistry. The additional new features are advection …

Where is the water? Jupiter-like C/H ratio but strong H2O depletion found on τ Boötis b using SPIRou

S Pelletier, B Benneke, A Darveau-Bernier… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The present-day envelope of gaseous planets is a relic of how these giant planets originated
and evolved. Measuring their elemental composition therefore presents a powerful …

Water activity in Venus's uninhabitable clouds and other planetary atmospheres

JE Hallsworth, T Koop, TD Dallas, MP Zorzano… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The recent suggestion of phosphine in Venus's atmosphere has regenerated interest in the
idea of life in clouds. However, such analyses usually neglect the role of water activity, which …

Jupiter's inhomogeneous envelope

Y Miguel, M Bazot, T Guillot, S Howard… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. While Jupiter's massive gas envelope consists mainly of hydrogen and helium, the
key to understanding Jupiter's formation and evolution lies in the distribution of the …