Atmospheric dynamics of hot giant planets and brown dwarfs

AP Showman, X Tan, V Parmentier - Space Science Reviews, 2020 - Springer
Groundbased and spacecraft telescopic observations, combined with an intensive modeling
effort, have greatly enhanced our understanding of hot giant planets and brown dwarfs over …

Rotating convective turbulence in Earth and planetary cores

JM Aurnou, MA Calkins, JS Cheng, K Julien… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2015 - Elsevier
An accurate description of turbulent core convection is necessary in order to build robust
models of planetary core processes. Towards this end, we focus here on the physics of …

Comparing Jupiter interior structure models to Juno gravity measurements and the role of a dilute core

SM Wahl, WB Hubbard, B Militzer… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Juno spacecraft has measured Jupiter's low‐order, even gravitational moments, J2–J8,
to an unprecedented precision, providing important constraints on the density profile and …

The origin of the Moon within a terrestrial synestia

SJ Lock, ST Stewart, MI Petaev… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The giant impact hypothesis remains the leading theory for lunar origin. However, current
models struggle to explain the Moon's composition and isotopic similarity with Earth. Here …

Jupiter's atmospheric jet streams extend thousands of kilometres deep

Y Kaspi, E Galanti, WB Hubbard, DJ Stevenson… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The depth to which Jupiter's observed east–west jet streams extend has been a long-
standing question,. Resolving this puzzle has been a primary goal for the Juno spacecraft …

Ab initio simulations for material properties along the Jupiter adiabat

M French, A Becker, W Lorenzen… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We determine basic thermodynamic and transport properties of hydrogen–helium–water
mixtures for the extreme conditions along Jupiter's adiabat via ab initio simulations, which …

The distribution of ammonia on Jupiter from a preliminary inversion of Juno microwave radiometer data

C Li, A Ingersoll, M Janssen, S Levin… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Juno microwave radiometer measured the thermal emission from Jupiter's atmosphere
from the cloud tops at about 1 bar to as deep as a hundred bars of pressure during its first …

Observational evidence for cylindrically oriented zonal flows on Jupiter

Y Kaspi, E Galanti, RS Park, K Duer, N Gavriel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The atmospheric dynamics of Jupiter are dominated by strong zonal winds engulfing the
planet. Since the first gravity measurements taken by Juno at Jupiter, the low-degree gravity …

From solar-like to antisolar differential rotation in cool stars

T Gastine, RK Yadav, J Morin… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Stellar differential rotation can be separated into two main regimes: solar-like when the
equator rotates faster than the poles and antisolar when the polar regions rotate faster than …

Anelastic convection-driven dynamo benchmarks

CA Jones, P Boronski, AS Brun, GA Glatzmaier… - Icarus, 2011 - Elsevier
Benchmark solutions for fully nonlinear anelastic compressible convection and dynamo
action in a rotating spherical shell are proposed. Three benchmarks are specified. The first is …