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20152023
most citedVULCAN: an Open-Source, Validated Chemical Kinetics Python Code for Exoplanetary Atmospheres

220 citations · 589 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

physics.atom-ph2023★ 6 cited

Ultraviolet photoabsorption in the and band systems of SO sulphur isotopologues

A. N. Heays, G. Stark, J. R. Lyons +3

High-resolution far-ultraviolet broadband Fourier-transform photoabsorption spectra of , , , and…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 13 cited

Fourier-transform spectroscopy of CO and deperturbation analysis of the A ( = 0 - 3) levels

R. Hakalla, M. L. Niu, R. W. Field +9

The high-resolution B - A (0, 0) and (0, 3) emission bands of the less-abundant CO isotopologue have been investigated by Fourier-transform spectroscopy i…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 140 cited

A Comparative Study of Atmospheric Chemistry with VULCAN

Shang-Min Tsai, Matej Malik, Daniel Kitzmann +4

We present an update of the open-source photochemical kinetics code VULCAN (Tsai et al. 2017; https://github.com/exoclime/VULCAN) to include C-H-N-O-S networks and photochemistry.…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 16 cited

H2-Induced Pressure Broadening and Pressure Shift in the P-Branch of the v3 Band of CH4 from 300 to 700 K

Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad, Alan N. Heays, Hans A. Bechtel +1

For accurate modelling of observations of exoplanet atmospheres, quantification of the pressure broadening of infrared absorption lines for and by a variety of gases at elevated te…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 68 cited

Towards Consistent Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics in Exoplanets: Validation and Generalization of Chemical Relaxation Method

Shang-Min Tsai, Daniel Kitzmann, James R. Lyons +3

Motivated by the work of Cooper & Showman, we revisit the chemical relaxation method, which seeks to enhance the computational efficiency of chemical-kinetics calculations by repla…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 220 cited

VULCAN: an Open-Source, Validated Chemical Kinetics Python Code for Exoplanetary Atmospheres

Shang-Min Tsai, James R. Lyons, Luc Grosheintz +3

We present an open-source and validated chemical kinetics code for studying hot exoplanetary atmospheres, which we name VULCAN. It is constructed for gaseous chemistry from 500 to…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 25 cited

The Need for Laboratory Work to Aid in The Understanding of Exoplanetary Atmospheres

Jonathan J. Fortney, Tyler D. Robinson, Shawn Domagal-Goldman +31

Advancements in our understanding of exoplanetary atmospheres, from massive gas giants down to rocky worlds, depend on the constructive challenges between observations and models.…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 70 cited

Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanetary Atmospheres: Rarely Dominant Compared to Carbon Monoxide and Water in Hot, Hydrogen-dominated Atmospheres

Kevin Heng, James R. Lyons

We present a comprehensive study of the abundance of carbon dioxide in exoplanetary atmospheres in hot, hydrogen-dominated atmospheres. We construct novel analytical models of syst…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 31 cited

Atmospheric Chemistry for Astrophysicists: A Self-consistent Formalism and Analytical Solutions for Arbitrary C/O

Kevin Heng, James R. Lyons, Shang-Min Tsai

We present a self-consistent formalism for computing and understanding the atmospheric chemistry of exoplanets from the viewpoint of an astrophysicist. Starting from the first law…