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Atmospheres of Extra-solar Planets and Brown Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2017

France Allard
Affiliation:
CRAL-ENS, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
Travis S. Barman
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67226-0032, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Brown dwarfs have masses intermediate to stars and planets, but their atmospheres can span planetary plasma conditions as they cool over time. They are more directly observable than the currently known extra-solar planets. In this paper, we provide a brief summary of the atmospheric properties of brown dwarfs, and apply this knowledge to predict the thermal and spectral properties of extra-solar planets.

Type
Extrasolar Planets
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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