Interstellar dust grains

BT Draine - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract This review surveys the observed properties of interstellar dust grains: the
wavelength-dependent extinction of starlight, including absorption features, from UV to …

petitRADTRANS-A Python radiative transfer package for exoplanet characterization and retrieval

P Mollière, JP Wardenier, R Van Boekel… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
We present the easy-to-use, publicly available, Python package petitRADTRANS, built for
the spectral characterization of exoplanet atmospheres. The code is fast, accurate, and …

The global dust modelling framework THEMIS

AP Jones, M Köhler, N Ysard, M Bocchio… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Here we introduce the interstellar dust modelling framework THEMIS (The Heterogeneous
dust Evolution Model for Interstellar Solids), which takes a global view of dust and its …

Monoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser–plasma interactions

SPD Mangles, CD Murphy, Z Najmudin, AGR Thomas… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
High-power lasers that fit into a university-scale laboratory can now reach focused
intensities of more than 1019 W cm-2 at high repetition rates. Such lasers are capable of …

The evolution of amorphous hydrocarbons in the ISM: dust modelling from a new vantage point

AP Jones, L Fanciullo, M Köhler, L Verstraete… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
Context. The evolution of amorphous hydrocarbon materials, aC (: H), principally resulting
from ultraviolet (UV) photon absorption-induced processing, are likely at the heart of the …

Constraining the Nature of the PDS 70 Protoplanets with VLTI/GRAVITY∗

JJ Wang, A Vigan, S Lacour, M Nowak… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present K-band interferometric observations of the PDS 70 protoplanets along with their
host star using VLTI/GRAVITY. We obtained K-band spectra and 100 μas precision …

Cloud busting: enstatite and quartz clouds in the atmosphere of 2M2224-0158

B Burningham, JK Faherty, EC Gonzales… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present the most detailed data-driven exploration of cloud opacity in a substellar object
to-date. We have tested over 60 combinations of cloud composition and structure, particle …

Observing transiting planets with JWST-prime targets and their synthetic spectral observations

P Molliere, R van Boekel, J Bouwman… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Context. The James Webb Space Telescope will enable astronomers to obtain exoplanet
spectra of unprecedented precision. The MIRI instrument especially may shed light on the …

A unified model of interstellar dust.

A Li, JM Greenberg - Astronomy and Astrophysics, v. 323, p …, 1997 - adsabs.harvard.edu
We have simultaneously modeled both the interstellar extinction and polarization (both
linear and circular) on the basis of a trimodal dust model: large silicate core-organic …

Multiple Clues for Dayside Aerosols and Temperature Gradients in WASP-69 b from a Panchromatic JWST Emission Spectrum

E Schlawin, S Mukherjee, K Ohno, TJ Bell… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
WASP-69 b is a hot, inflated, Saturn-mass planet (0.26 M Jup) with a zero-albedo
equilibrium temperature of 963 K. Here, we report the JWST 2–12 μm emission spectrum of …