Physical and chemical aeronomy of HD 209458b

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1426-1455

  Garcia Munoz A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; Atmospheric escape; Composition of atmospheres; Extrasolar planets; Hot Jupiters; Molecular and ambipolar diffusion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; IONIZATION; SPACE RESEARCH; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AERONOMY; AMBIPOLAR DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC ESCAPE; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; HOT JUPITERS;

PLANETS;

EID: 34447103589     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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