Effect of pressure broadening on molecular absorption cross sections in exoplanetary atmospheres
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Exoplanets, and in particular hot ones such as hot Jupiters, require very significant quantities of molecular spectroscopic data to model radiative transport in their atmospheres or to interpret their spectra. This data is commonly provided in the form of very extensive transition line lists. The size of these line lists is such that constructing a single model may require the consideration of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0035-8711,1365-2966
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw278