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Clouds in Partial Atmospheres of Lava Planets and Where to Find Them

  • Authors: T. Giang Nguyen, Nicolas B. Cowan, Lisa Dang

T. Giang Nguyen et al 2024 The Astronomical Journal 168 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Near-surface atmospheric temperature and pressure of our work compared the TP profiles of M. Zilinskas et al. (2022). The TP profiles from M. Zilinskas et al. (2022) are calculated from a representative surface equilibrium temperature of the planet. We plotted our result at the boundary layer matching the same representative surface equilibrium temperature. Our work is ultimately agnostic to the actual shape of the TP profile, as long as the pressure integral up to the surface boundary layer in Equation (A11) matches that of an adiabat. Although the overall dynamics are different, the net radiative flux balances within the bulk of the silicate atmosphere are fairly similar in both studies, thus producing similar atmospheric equilibrium temperatures.

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