Temperature inversions on hot super-Earths: the case of CN in nitrogen-rich atmospheres
Mantas Zilinskas - Leiden ObservatoryJan 8, 2021
Atmospheric theory
55 Cancri e
super-Earths
magma
lava
nitrogen
carbon
atmosphere
hot
ultra-short-period
ups
Earth
sub-neptune
exoplanet
inversions
temperature
CN
N2
CH
CO
radiative-transfer
chemistry
kinetics
equilibrium
A video introducing a recently published paper on possibility of inversions in atmospheres of hot super-Earths.
Abstract:
We show that in extremely irradiated atmospheres of hot super-Earths shortwave absorption of CN can cause strong temperature inversions. We base this study on previous observations of 55 Cancri e, which lead us to ...