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Gas Phase Chemistry of Cool Exoplanet Atmospheres: Insight from Laboratory Simulations
Chao He, Sarah M. Hörst, Nikole K. Lewis +6
Photochemistry induced by stellar UV flux should produce haze particles in exoplanet atmospheres. Recent observations indicate that haze and/or cloud layers exist in the atmosphere…
Detecting Water In the atmosphere of HR 8799 c with L-band High Dispersion Spectroscopy Aided By Adaptive Optics
Ji Wang, Dimitri Mawet, Jonathan J. Fortney +3
High dispersion spectroscopy of brown dwarfs and exoplanets enables exciting science cases, e.g., mapping surface inhomogeneity and measuring spin rate. Here, we present band o…
Measuring the D/H Ratios of Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs
Caroline V. Morley, Andrew J. Skemer, Brittany E. Miles +5
The relative abundance of deuterium and hydrogen is a potent tracer of planet formation and evolution. Jupiter and Saturn have protosolar atmospheric D/H ratios, a relic of substan…
A Significant Over-Luminosity in the Transiting Brown Dwarf CWW 89Ab
Thomas G. Beatty, Caroline V. Morley, Jason L. Curtis +3
We observed eclipses of the transiting brown dwarf CWW 89Ab at 3.6um and 4.5um using Spitzer/IRAC. The CWW 89 binary system is a member of the Gyr-old open cluster Rup…
Photochemical Haze Formation in the Atmospheres of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes
Chao He, Sarah M. Horst, Nikole K. Lewis +8
UV radiation can induce photochemical processes in exoplanet atmospheres and produce haze particles. Recent observations suggest that haze and/or cloud layers could be present in t…
A Framework for Prioritizing the TESS Planetary Candidates Most Amenable to Atmospheric Characterization
Eliza M. -R. Kempton, Jacob L. Bean, Dana R. Louie +40
A key legacy of the recently launched TESS mission will be to provide the astronomical community with many of the best transiting exoplanet targets for atmospheric characterization…