Meteorologies of Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Giant Planets

This dissertation explores the consequences of atmospheric dynamics for observations of substellar mass objects (SMOs). Discussed first is the growth of cloud particles of various compositions in brown dwarfs of different surface gravities and effective temperatures. The structure of these objects i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, Curtis Steven
Other Authors: Showman, Adam P.
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195544