3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Cool, Cloudy Nights on an Ultrahot Neptune: A Panchromatic NIRISS/NIRSpec Transmission Spectrum of LTT 9779 b
Sarah Stamer, Diana Dragomir, Annabella Meech +13
Studies of planets that reside in the hot Neptune desert allow us to gain insight into how their atmospheres survive the intense flux from their host stars. One such member of that…
astro-ph.EP2026
Glossy Silicate Clouds on the Scorched Dayside of LTT9779b
Suman Saha, James S. Jenkins, Jonathan Brande +10
Discovered deep within the "Neptunian desert", LTT9779b remains the only known ultra-hot Neptune, prompting significant speculation regarding its unique formation and evolutionary…
astro-ph.EP2025
Heat Reveals What Clouds Conceal: Global Carbon & Longitudinally Asymmetric Chemistry on LTT 9779 b
Reza Ashtari, Sean Collins, Jared Splinter +17
LTT-9779 b is an ultra-hot Neptune (Rp ~ 4.7 Re, Mp ~ 29 Me) orbiting its Sun-like host star in just 19 hours, placing it deep within the "hot Neptune desert," where Neptunian plan…