3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Analytic Modeling of Tidally Locked Rocky Planet Atmospheres Across Dynamical Regimes
Christopher P. Wirth, Diana Powell, Robin Wordsworth
We present a new first-principles analytic approach to interpreting eclipses and phase curves of rocky planets. Observations with JWST have reported nondetections of atmospheres ar…
astro-ph.EP2025
Characterizing the Radiative-Convective Structure of Dense Rocky Planet Atmospheres
Jessica Cmiel, Robin Wordsworth, Jacob T. Seeley
We use a one-dimensional line-by-line radiative-convective model to simulate hot, dense terrestrial-planet atmospheres. We find that strong shortwave absorption by H2O and CO2 inhi…
astro-ph.EP2024
Resolved convection in hydrogen-rich atmospheres
Jacob T. Seeley, Robin D. Wordsworth
In hydrogen-rich atmospheres with low mean molecular weight (MMW), an air parcel containing a higher-molecular-weight condensible can be negatively buoyant even if its temperature…