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Thermally-driven atmospheric escape: Transition from hydrodynamic to Jeans escape
Alexey N. Volkov, Robert E. Johnson, Orenthal J. Tucker +1
Thermally-driven atmospheric escape evolves from an organized outflow (hydrodynamic escape) to escape on a molecule by molecules basis (Jeans escape) with increasing Jeans paramete…
astro-ph.EP2010★ 32 cited
Thermally-Diven Atmospheric Escape
R. E. Johnson
Accurately determining escape rates from a planet's atmosphere is critical for determining its evolution. Escape can be driven by upward thermal conduction of energy deposited well…