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Modelling photo-evaporation in planet forming discs
Barbara Ercolano, Giovanni Picogna
Planets are born from the gas and dust discs surrounding young stars. Energetic radiation from the central star can drive thermal outflows from the discs atmospheres, strongly affe…
The interplay between forming planets and photo-evaporating discs I: Forbidden line diagnostics
Michael L. Weber, Barbara Ercolano, Giovanni Picogna +1
Disc winds and planet formation are considered to be two of the most important mechanisms that drive the evolution and dispersal of protoplanetary discs and in turn define the envi…
Twinkle -- a small satellite spectroscopy mission for the next phase of exoplanet science
Ian Stotesbury, Billy Edwards, Jean-Francois Lavigne +35
With a focus on off-the-shelf components, Twinkle is the first in a series of cost competitive small satellites managed and financed by Blue Skies Space Ltd. The satellite is based…
The importance of X-ray frequency in driving photoevaporative winds
Andrew D. Sellek, Cathie J. Clarke, Barbara Ercolano
Photoevaporative winds are a promising mechanism for dispersing protoplanetary discs, but so far theoretical models have been unable to agree on the relative roles that the X-ray,…
Hydro-, Magnetohydro-, and Dust-Gas Dynamics of Protoplanetary Disks
G. Lesur, B. Ercolano, M. Flock +16
The building of planetary systems is controlled by the gas and dust dynamics of protoplanetary disks. While the gas is simultaneously accreted onto the central star and dissipated…
Observations of PAHs in the atmospheres of discs and exoplanets
Barbara Ercolano, Christian Rab, Karan Molaverdikhani +5
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play a key role in the chemical and hydrodynamical evolution of the atmospheres of exoplanets and planet-forming discs. If they can survive…