Thesis
Hydrodynamic escape of planetary atmospheres revisited
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The astonishing sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) enables astronomers to characterise the thermal emission of temperate, rocky planets orbiting small, cool stars dozens of light years away. There is a catch: while these low-mass M-dwarf host stars promise a window into the occurrence of Earth- and Venus-like atmospheres, they also disproportionately bathe their planets in intense ionising irradiation that can boil those atmospheres away. The “radius valley,” a bimodality in...
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+ Pierrehumbert, R
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- MPLS
- Department:
- Physics
- Sub department:
- Atmos Ocean & Planet Physics
- Role:
- Supervisor
+ Komacek, T
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- MPLS
- Department:
- Physics
- Sub department:
- Atmos Ocean & Planet Physics
- Role:
- Examiner
+ García Muñoz, A
- Role:
- Examiner
+ Science and Technology Facilities Council
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/057g20z61
- Funding agency for:
- Chatterjee, RD
- DOI:
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
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2026-10-28
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- Copyright holder:
- Richard D. Chatterjee
- Copyright date:
- 2025
- Notes:
- Novel physics of escaping secondary atmospheres may shape the cosmic shoreline is derived from this thesis.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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