The open-source sunbather code: Modeling escaping planetary atmospheres and their transit spectra
Dion Linssen,
Jim Shih,
Morgan MacLeod
et al.
Abstract:Atmospheric escape is thought to significantly influence the evolution of exoplanets, especially sub-Jupiter planets on short orbital periods. Theoretical models predict that hydrodynamic escape could erode the atmospheres of such gaseous planets, leaving only a rocky core. Deriving atmospheric mass-loss rates from observations is necessary to check these predictions. One of the ways to obtain mass-loss-rate estimates is to fit transit spectra of the 10830 Å helium or UV metal lines with Parker wind models. We… Show more
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