2 papers
astro-ph.EP2024
Evaporation of Close-in Sub-Neptunes by Cooling White Dwarfs
Elena Gallo, Andrea Caldiroli, Riccardo Spinelli +5
Motivated by the recent surge in interest concerning white dwarf (WD) planets, this work presents the first numerical exploration of WD-driven atmospheric escape, whereby the high-…
astro-ph.EP2023
Self-Consistent Modeling of Metastable Helium Exoplanet Transits
Federico Biassoni, Andrea Caldiroli, Elena Gallo +3
Absorption of stellar X-ray and Extreme Ultraviolet radiation in the upper atmosphere of close-in exoplanets can give rise to hydrodynamic outflows, which may lead to the gradual s…