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Nitrogen in the stratosphere of Titan from Cassini CIRS infrared spectroscopy |
In this chapter we describe the remote sensing measurement of nitrogen-bearing species in Titan's atmosphere by the Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) on the Cassini spacecraft. This instrument, which detects the thermal infrared spectrum from 10-1500 cm-1 (1000-7 microns) is sensitive to vibrational emissions ... |
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Tidal damping of the mutual inclination in hierachical systems |
Hierarchical two-planet systems, in which the inner body's semi-major axis is between 0.1 and 0.5 AU, usually present high eccentricity values, at least for one of the orbits. As a result of the formation process, one may expect that planetary systems with high eccentricities also have high mutual inclinations. How... |
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Reconnaissance of the HR 8799 Exosolar System I: Near IR Spectroscopy |
We obtained spectra, in the wavelength range \lambda = 995 - 1769 nm, of all four known planets orbiting the star HR 8799. Using the suite of instrumentation known as Project 1640 on the Palomar 5-m Hale Telescope, we acquired data at two epochs. This allowed for multiple imaging detections of the companions and multip... |
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The metallicity signature of evolved stars with planets |
We determine in a homogeneous way the metallicity and individual abundances of a large sample of evolved stars, with and without known planetary companions. Our methodology is based on the analysis of high-resolution echelle spectra. The metallicity distributions show that giant stars hosting planets are not preferenti... |
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Detection of Carbon Monoxide and Water Absorption Lines in an Exoplanet Atmosphere |
Determining the atmospheric structure and chemical composition of an exoplanet remains a formidable goal. Fortunately, advancements in the study of exoplanets and their atmospheres have come in the form of direct imaging - spatially resolving the planet from its parent star - which enables high-resolution spectroscopy ... |
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Upper limits for PH3 and H2S in Titan's Atmosphere from Cassini CIRS |
We have searched for the presence of simple P and S-bearing molecules in Titan's atmosphere, by looking for the characteristic signatures of phosphine and hydrogen sulfide in infrared spectra obtained by Cassini CIRS. As a result we have placed the first upper limits on the stratospheric abundances, which are 1 ppb... |
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Characterization of a Thick Ozone Layer in Mars' Past |
All three terrestrial planets with atmospheres support O3 layers of some thickness. While currently only that of Earth is substantial enough to be climatically significant, we hypothesize that ancient Mars may also have supported a thick O3 layer during volcanically quiescent periods whenthe atmosphere was oxidizing. T... |
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Capture of Trojans by Jumping Jupiter |
Jupiter Trojans are thought to be survivors of a much larger population of planetesimals that existed in the planetary region when planets formed. They can provide important constraints on the mass and properties of the planetesimal disk, and its dispersal during planet migration. Here we tested a possibility that the ... |
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Self-Replicating Three-Dimensional Vortices in Neutrally-Stable Stratified Rotating Shear Flows |
A previously unknown instability creates space-filling lattices of 3D vortices in linearly-stable, rotating, stratified shear flows. The instability starts from an easily-excited critical layer. The layer intensifies by drawing energy from the background shear and rolls-up into vortices that excite new critical layers ... |
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A Giant Planet beyond the Snow Line in Microlensing Event OGLE-2011-BLG-0251 |
We present the analysis of the gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0251. This anomalous event was observed by several survey and follow-up collaborations conducting microlensing observations towards the Galactic Bulge. Based on detailed modelling of the observed light curve, we find that the lens is composed... |
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Near-infrared spectroscopy of 1999 JU3, the target of the Hayabusa 2 mission |
Context. Primitive asteroids contain complex organic material and ices relevant to the origin of life on Earth. These types of asteroids are the target of several-sample return missions to be launched in the next years. 1999 JU3 is the target of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa 2 mission. Aims. ... |
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Conglomeration of kilometre-sized planetesimals |
We study the efficiency of forming large bodies, starting from a sea of equal-sized planetesimals. This is likely one of the earlier steps of planet formation and relevant for the formation of the asteroid belt, the Kuiper belt and extra-solar debris disks. Here we consider the case that the seed planetesimals do not c... |
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After Runaway: The Trans-Hill Stage of Planetesimal Growth |
When planetesimals begin to grow by coagulation, they enter an epoch of runaway, during which the biggest bodies grow faster than all the others. The questions of how runaway ends and what comes next have not been answered satisfactorily. Here we show that runaway is followed by a `trans-hill stage' that commences ... |
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HST Spectral Mapping of L/T Transition Brown Dwarfs Reveals Cloud Thickness Variations |
Most directly imaged giant exoplanets are fainter than brown dwarfs with similar spectra. To explain their relative underluminosity unusually cloudy atmospheres have been proposed. However, with multiple parameters varying between any two objects, it remained difficult to observationally test this idea. We present a ne... |
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Visible and near-infrared observations of asteroid 2012 DA14 during its closest approach of February 15, 2013 |
Near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 made its closest approach on February 15, 2013, when it passed at a distance of 27,700 km from the Earth's surface. It was the first time an asteroid of moderate size was predicted to approach that close to the Earth, becoming bright enough to permit a detailed study from ground-based ... |
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WASP-8b: Characterization of a Cool and Eccentric Exoplanet with Spitzer |
WASP-8b has 2.18 times Jupiter's mass and is on an eccentric ($e=0.31$) 8.16-day orbit. With a time-averaged equilibrium temperature of 948 K, it is one of the least-irradiated hot Jupiters observed with the Spitzer Space Telescope. We have analyzed six photometric light curves of WASP-8b during secondary eclipse o... |
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Low Energy Cosmic Rays and the Disturbed Magnetosphere |
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