Exoplanet atmospheres physical processes /
| Main Author: | Seager, Sara. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2010]
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| Physical Description: |
xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series: |
Princeton series in astrophysics.
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| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Exoplanets from Afar -- 1.2. Two Paths to Observing Exoplanet Atmospheres -- 1.3. Types of Planets -- 2. Intensity and Flux -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Intensity -- 2.3. Flux and Other Intensity Moments -- 2.4. Surface Flux -- 2.5. Observed Flux -- 2.6. Luminosity and Outgoing Energy -- 2.7. Incident Flux and Incident Energy -- 2.8. Black Body Intensity and Black Body Flux -- 2.9. Lambert Surface -- 2.10. Summary -- 3. Temperature, Albedos, and Flux Ratios -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Energy Balance -- 3.3. Planetary Temperatures -- 3.4. Planetary Albedos -- 3.5. Planet-Star Flux Ratios -- 3.6. Planetary Phase Curves -- 3.7. Summary -- 4. Composition of a Planetary Atmosphere -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Composition of Earth's and Jupiter's Atmospheres -- 4.3. Chemical Composition. 4.4. Basic Cloud Physics -- 4.5. Atmospheric Escape -- 4.6. Atmospheric Evolution -- 4.7. Summary -- 5. Radiative Transfer I: Fundamentals -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Opacity -- 5.3. Optical Depth -- 5.4. Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- 5.5. Source Function -- 5.6. Equation of Radiative Transfer -- 5.7. Summary -- 6. Radiative Transfer II: Solutions -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. A Conceptual Description of the Emergent Spectrum -- 6.3. An Introduction to Line Formation -- 6.4. Approximate Solutions to the Plane-Parallel Radiative Transfer Equation -- 6.5. Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer -- 6.6. Summary -- 7. Polarization -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Description of Polarized Radiation -- 7.3. Polarization Calculations -- 7.4. Polarization from Planets -- 7.5. Summary -- 8. Opacities -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Energy Levels in Atoms and Molecules -- 8.3. Molecular Absorption Cross Sections. 8.4. Rayleigh Scattering -- 8.5. Condensate Opacities -- 8.6. Summary -- 9. Vertical Thermal Structure of a Planetary Atmosphere -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Earth's Vertical Atmospheric Structure -- 9.3. Hydrostatic Equilibrium and the Pressure Scale Height -- 9.4. Surface Temperature for a Simplified Atmosphere -- 9.5. Convection versus Radiation -- 9.6. Radiative Equilibrium Temperature Profile -- 9.7. Adiabatic Temperature Profile -- 9.8. One-Dimensional Temperature-Pressure Profile -- 9.9. Temperature Retrieval -- 9.10. Summary -- 10. Atmospheric Circulation -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Radiative and Advective Timescales -- 10.3. Large-Scale Flow and Patterns -- 10.4. Atmospheric Dynamics Equations -- 10.5. Connection to Observations -- 10.6. Summary -- 11. Atmospheric Biosignatures -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Earth's Biosignatures -- 11.3. Ideal Biosignature Gas -- 11.4. Prospects -- 11.5. Summary. |
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| Physical Description: |
xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780691119144 0691119147 9780691146454 0691146454 |