Dust in brown dwarfs and extra-solar planets: I. Chemical composition and spectral appearance of quasi-static cloud layers

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 485, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 547-560

  Helling, Ch ^a   Woitke, P ^b   Thi, W F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Methods: numerical; Stars: atmospheres; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DUST; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GAS CONDENSATES; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IRON; NUCLEATION; OPACITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLANETS; PROTECTIVE ATMOSPHERES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME FRACTION;

APPLIED (CO); ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS; BROWN DWARFS (BD); CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD PARTICLES; COMPOSITE PARTICLES; DUST CLOUDS; DUST FORMATION; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORY (EMT); EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATIONS; EVOLUTION (CO); EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS; GAS PHASE; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION (GSD); GRAVITATIONAL SETTLING; HIGH TEMPERATURE (HT); KINETIC MODELLING; METALLIC LINES; MIE THEORY; NUCLEATION PROCESSES; QUASI STATIC; RICH MIXTURE; SURFACE FEATURES; TIME-DEPENDENT;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 46649095248     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078220     Document Type: Article

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