Observability of signatures of transport-induced chemistry in clear atmospheres of hot gas giant exoplanets

M Zamyatina, E Hébrard, B Drummond… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Transport-induced quenching, ie the homogenization of chemical abundances by
atmospheric advection, is thought to occur in the atmospheres of hot gas giant exoplanets …

Stratospheric dayside-to-nightside circulation drives the 3D ozone distribution on synchronously rotating rocky exoplanets

M Braam, PI Palmer, L Decin, M Cohen… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Determining the habitability and interpreting future atmospheric observations of exoplanets
requires understanding the atmospheric dynamics and chemistry from a 3D perspective …

Degenerate Interpretations of O3 Spectral Features in Exoplanet Atmosphere Observations Due to Stellar UV Uncertainties: A 3D Case Study with TRAPPIST-1 e

GJ Cooke, DR Marsh, C Walsh… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
TRAPPIST-1 e is a potentially habitable terrestrial exoplanet orbiting an ultracool M dwarf
star and is a key target for observations with the James Webb Space Telescope. One …

3D simulations of TRAPPIST-1e with varying CO2, CH4, and haze profiles

MT Mak, DE Sergeev, N Mayne, N Banks… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Using a 3D General Circulation Model, the Unified Model, we present results
from simulations of a tidally locked TRAPPIST-1e with varying carbon dioxide CO2 and …

Coupled atmospheric chemistry, radiation, and dynamics of an exoplanet generate self-sustained oscillations

Y Luo, Y Hu, J Yang, M Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Nonlinearity in photochemical systems is known to allow self-sustained oscillations, but they
have received little attention in studies of planetary atmospheres. Here, we present a …

3D simulations of the Archean Earth including photochemical haze profiles

MT Mak, NJ Mayne, DE Sergeev… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We present results from 3D simulations of the Archean Earth including a prescribed (non‐
interactive) spherical haze generated through a 1D photochemical model. Our simulations …

Temperature–chemistry coupling in the evolution of gas giant atmospheres driven by stellar flares

H Nicholls, E Hébrard, O Venot… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The effect of enhanced UV irradiation associated with stellar flares on the atmospheric
composition and temperature of gas giant exoplanets was investigated. This was done using …

Simulations of idealised 3D atmospheric flows on terrestrial planets using LFRic-Atmosphere

DE Sergeev, NJ Mayne, T Bendall… - Geoscientific Model …, 2023 - gmd.copernicus.org
Abstract We demonstrate that LFRic-Atmosphere, a model built using the Met Office's
GungHo dynamical core, is able to reproduce idealised large-scale atmospheric circulation …

Super-Earths and Earth-like Exoplanets

T Lichtenberg, Y Miguel - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.04057, 2024 - arxiv.org
In the last few years astronomical surveys have expanded the reach of planetary science
into the realm of small and dense extrasolar worlds. These share a number of characteristics …

Simulating biosignatures from pre-oxygen photosynthesizing life on TRAPPIST-1e

JK Eager-Nash, SJ Daines… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In order to assess observational evidence for potential atmospheric biosignatures on
exoplanets, it will be essential to test whether spectral fingerprints from multiple gases can …