A framework for the origin and deep cycles of volatiles in rocky exoplanets

R Dasgupta, D Pathak… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Since the first discovery of planets in another solar system of our galaxy in the early 90s and
the discovery of 51 Pegassi b, a Jovian-type planet around a Sun-like star in 1995 (Mayor …

Magma ocean evolution at arbitrary redox state

H Nicholls, T Lichtenberg, DJ Bower… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between magma oceans and overlying atmospheres on young rocky planets
leads to an evolving feedback of outgassing, greenhouse forcing, and mantle melt fraction …

Role of magma oceans in controlling carbon and oxygen of sub-Neptune atmospheres

C Seo, Y Ito, Y Fujii - The Astrophysical Journal, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Most exoplanets with a few Earth radii are more inflated than bare-rock planets with the
same mass, indicating a substantial volatile amount. Neither the origin of the volatiles nor …

The fate of nitrogen during early silicate differentiation of rocky bodies constrained by experimental mineral-melt partitioning

A Pal, R Dasgupta - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) is an essential element for life. Yet the processes of planet formation and early
planetary evolution through which rocky planets like Earth obtained their atmospheric and …