Highlights in the study of exoplanet atmospheres

Adam S. Burrows ()
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Adam S. Burrows: Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

Nature, 2014, vol. 513, issue 7518, 345-352

Abstract: Abstract Exoplanets are now being discovered in profusion. To understand their character, however, we require spectral models and data. These elements of remote sensing can yield temperatures, compositions and even weather patterns, but only if significant improvements in both the parameter retrieval process and measurements are made. Despite heroic efforts to garner constraining data on exoplanet atmospheres and dynamics, reliable interpretation has frequently lagged behind ambition. I summarize the most productive, and at times novel, methods used to probe exoplanet atmospheres; highlight some of the most interesting results obtained; and suggest various broad theoretical topics in which further work could pay significant dividends.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1038/nature13782

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