Model atmospheres of sub-stellar mass objects

Model atmospheres of sub-stellar mass objects

We present an outline of basic assumptions and governing structural equations describing atmospheres of sub-stellar mass objects, in particular the extrasolar giant planets and brown dwarfs. Although most of the presentation of the physical and numerical background is generic, details of the impleme...

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Main Author: Hubeny, Ivan
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Steward Observ
Language:en
Published: OXFORD UNIV PRESS 2017
Subjects:
Radiative Transfer
methods: numerical
planets and satellites: atmospheres
brown dwarfs
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624422
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/624422
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Summary:We present an outline of basic assumptions and governing structural equations describing atmospheres of sub-stellar mass objects, in particular the extrasolar giant planets and brown dwarfs. Although most of the presentation of the physical and numerical background is generic, details of the implementation pertain mostly to the code COOLTLUSTY. We also present a review of numerical approaches and computer codes devised to solve the structural equations, and make a critical evaluation of their efficiency and accuracy.

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