The Net Advance of Physics:
BROWN DWARFS and GIANT PLANETS

GIANT PLANETS and BROWN DWARFS:

• General: Liebert 98/12; Oppenheimer et al. 98/12; Chabrier 99/02; Chabrier and Baraffe 2000/06; Burrows et al. 2001/03;
  • The Interior Structure, Composition, and Evolution of Giant Planets by Jonathan J. Fortney and Nadine Nettelmann [2008/09]

• General: Observational:
  • Adaptive Optics Observations of Exoplanets, Brown Dwarfs, & Binary Stars by Sasha Hinkley [2011/12]

• Specific Planets: JUPITER; SATURN; URANUS; NEPTUNE;

• Type: HOT JUPITERS:
  • Atmospheric Circulation of Hot Jupiters by Adam P. Showman et al. [2007/06]
  • Thermosphere and exosphere of Hot-Jupiters by Alain Lecavelier des Etangs [2009/02]
  • Giant Planet Atmospheres and Spectra by Adam Burrows and Glenn Orton [2009/10]
  • Atmospheric Circulation of Exoplanets by Adam P. Showman et al. [2009/11]

• Processes: FORMATION:
  • Giant Planet Formation by Gennaro D'Angelo [2010/06]
  • Formation of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs by Patrick Hennebelle [2012/04]

• Regions: ATMOSPHERE:
  • Atmospheres of Extrasolar Giant Planets by Mark S. Marley et al. [2005/10]
  • Atomic and Molecular Opacities for Brown Dwarf and Giant Planet Atmospheres by Christopher M. Sharp and Adam Burrows [2006/07]
  • Atmospheric Circulation of Hot Jupiters by Adam P. Showman et al. [2007/06]
  • Thermosphere and exosphere of Hot-Jupiters by Alain Lecavelier des Etangs [2009/02]
  • Giant Planet Atmospheres and Spectra by Adam Burrows and Glenn Orton [2009/10]
  • Atmospheric Circulation of Exoplanets by Adam P. Showman et al. [2009/11]

• Regions: ATMOSPHERE: CLOUDS: Marley and Ackerman 2001/03;

• Aspects: MASS:
  • Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Microlensing by Shude Mao [2012/07]

THE NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS