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Extending a grid of hydrodynamic planetary upper atmosphere models

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2021-04-10 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Abstract

In this research note, we outline the extension of the grid of upper atmosphere models first presented in Kubyshkina et al. (2018a). The original grid is based on a 1D hydrodynamic model and consists of about 7000 models covering planets of the size from Earth to twice Neptune at orbits corresponding to equilibrium temperatures between 300 and 2000 K around solar-like (0.4 to 1.3 solar mass) stars. The extended and revised grid of models consists of 10235 points and covers a planetary mass range of up to 109 Earth masses, which allows one to outline the transition between low- and high-gravity hot planets in short orbital separations. We prepared the interpolation tool allowing one to use the grid to define the mass-loss of a planet that falls into the parameter range of the grid. We provide a comparison of our results to common analytical models.

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@article{arxiv.2104.03796,
  title  = {Extending a grid of hydrodynamic planetary upper atmosphere models},
  author = {Daria Kubyshkina and Luca Fossati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.03796},
  year   = {2021}
}

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3 pages, 1 figure. Research Note AAS

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