Planetary Physics

Research groups in this theme

Exoplanets

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

We study the fundamental principles underlying the dynamics of planetary atmospheres using numerical models and laboratory experiments.

Planetary Science

Studying geophysical processes throughout our solar system and beyond

People

Suzanne Aigrain

Professor of Astrophysics
Neil Bowles

University Lecturer
Simon Calcutt

University Research Lecturer
Patrick Irwin

Professor of Planetary Physics
Raymond Pierrehumbert

Halley Professorship of Physics
Peter Read

Professor of Physics
Caroline Terquem

Professor of Physics
Colin Wilson

Researcher
Oscar Barragan

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Jean-Loup Baudino

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Graham Lee

Postdoctoral Researcher - Bernoulli Fellow
Xianyu Tan

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Tristram Warren

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Maxence Lefevre

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Matthias Tecza

Harmoni Instrument Scientist
Juan Alday Parejo

Graduate Student
Helena Bates

Graduate student
Ryan Boukrouche

DPhil Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
Ashwin Braude

Graduate student
Eloïse Brown

Graudate Student
Andrew Bunting

Grad Student
Rowan Curtis

DPhil Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
Rory Evans

Graduate student
Robert Graham

DPhil student in AOPP
Mark Hammond

Graduate student
Andrea Alejandra Hidalgo Valadez

Graduate student
Neil Lewis

Graduate Student
Alvaro Menduina

Student
Jake Taylor

Graduate Student
Victor Trees

Graduate Student
Norbert Zicher

Graduate Student
Jon Temple

Technical Specialist - Flight Systems
Kerri Donaldson Hanna

UKSA Aurora Research Fellow
Vinesh Rajpaul

Visiting researcher
Tim Lichtenberg

Postdoctoral Fellow
Fred Taylor

Halley Professor of Physics Emeritus

Publications

Seasonal Evolution of Titan's Stratosphere During the Cassini Mission
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 46 (2019) 3079-3089
NA Teanby, M Sylvestre, J Sharkey et al.
Martian dust storm impact on atmospheric H2O and D/H observed by ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
Nature Springer Nature (2019)
AC Vandaele, O Korablev, F Daerden et al.
No detection of methane on Mars from early ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observations
Nature Springer Nature (2019)
O Korablev, AC Vandaele, F Montmessin et al.
Wave Activity in Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt From Near-Infrared Reflectivity Observations
Geophysical Research Letters 46 (2019) 1232-1241
RS Giles, GS Orton, AW Stephens et al.
First-order mean motion resonances in two-planet systems: general analysis and observed systems
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 482 (2019) 530-549
C Terquem, JCB Papaloizou
Abundance measurements of Titan's stratospheric HCN, HC3N, C3H4, and CH3CN from ALMA observations
Icarus 319 (2019) 417-432
AE Thelen, CA Nixon, NJ Chanover et al.
Ethane in Titan's Stratosphere from Cassini CIRS Far- and Mid-infrared Spectra
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL 157 (2019) ARTN 160
NA Lombardo, CA Nixon, M Sylvestre et al.
Direct imaging of molten protoplanets in nearby young stellar associations
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 621 (2019) ARTN A125
I Bonati, T Lichtenberg, DJ Bower et al.
Constraints on Uranus's haze structure, formation and transport
Icarus Elsevier BV 333 (2019) 1-11
D Toledo, PGJ Irwin, P Rannou et al.
Atmospheric Circulation of Tide-Locked Exoplanets
ANNUAL REVIEW OF FLUID MECHANICS, VOL 51 51 (2019) 275-303
RT Pierrehumbert, M Hammond
Measurement of CH3D on Titan at Submillimeter Wavelengths
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL 157 (2019) ARTN 219
AE Thelen, CA Nixon, MA Cordiner et al.
A brightening of Jupiter’s auroral 7.8-μm CH <inf>4</inf> emission during a solar-wind compression
Nature Astronomy (2019)
JA Sinclair, GS Orton, J Fernandes et al.
Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu
NATURE ASTRONOMY 3 (2019) 332-340
VE Hamilton, AA Simon, PR Christensen et al.
Properties of rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx imaging and thermal analysis
NATURE ASTRONOMY 3 (2019) 341-351
DN DellaGiustina, JP Emery, DR Golish et al.
Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface
NATURE GEOSCIENCE 12 (2019) 242-+
KJ Walsh, ER Jawin, R-L Ballouz et al.
Corrigendum to “Neptune's carbon monoxide proﬁle and phosphine upper limits from Herschel/SPIRE” (Icarus,...
Icarus 322 (2019) 261-261
NA Teanby, PGJ Irwin, JI Moses
Jupiter's auroral-related stratospheric heating and chemistry III
Icarus 328 (2019) 176-193
JA Sinclair, JI Moses, V Hue et al.
Simulating Jupiter's weather layer. Part I: Jet spin-up in a dry atmosphere
ICARUS 326 (2019) 225-252
RMB Young, PL Read, Y Wang
Hazes and clouds in a singular triple vortex in Saturn's atmosphere from HST/WFC3 multispectral imaging
Icarus 333 (2019) 22-36
JF Sanz-Requena, S Pérez-Hoyos, A Sánchez-Lavega et al.
Spatial and seasonal variations in C_3/H_x hydrocarbon abundance in Titan's stratosphere from Cassini CIR...
Icarus 317 (2019) 454-469
NA Lombardo, CA Nixon, RK Achterberg et al.
Simulating Jupiter's weather layer. Part II: Passive ammonia and water cycles
ICARUS 326 (2019) 253-268
RMB Young, PL Read, Y Wang
The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observ...
Nature communications 10 (2019) 1291-
CW Hergenrother, CK Maleszewski, MC Nolan et al.
Magma ascent in planetesimals: Control by grain size
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 507 (2019) 154-165
T Lichtenberg, T Keller, RE Katz et al.
Modeling the Angular Dependence of Emissivity of Randomly Rough Surfaces
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS 124 (2019) 585-601
TJ Warren, NE Bowles, KD Hanna et al.
SEIS: Insight's Seismic Experiment for Internal Structure of Mars
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 215 (2019) UNSP 12
P Lognonne, WB Banerdt, D Giardini et al.
Spectral characterization of analog samples in anticipation of OSIRIS-REx's arrival at Bennu
ICARUS 319 (2019) 701-723
KLD Hanna, DL Schrader, EA Cloutis et al.
The unexpected surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu.
Nature 568 (2019) 55-60
DS Lauretta, DN DellaGiustina, CA Bennett et al.
The dynamic geophysical environment of (101955) Bennu based on OSIRIS-REx measurements
NATURE ASTRONOMY 3 (2019) 352-361
DJ Scheeres, JW McMahon, AS French et al.
A water budget dichotomy of rocky protoplanets from Al-26-heating
NATURE ASTRONOMY 3 (2019) 307-313
T Lichtenberg, GJ Golabek, R Burn et al.
Probable detection of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) in Neptune's atmosphere
ICARUS 321 (2019) 550-563
PGJ Irwin, D Toledo, R Garland et al.
Analysis of gaseous ammonia (NH3) absorption in the visible spectrum of Jupiter - Update
ICARUS 321 (2019) 572-582
PGJ Irwin, N Bowles, AS Braude et al.
Neptune's carbon monoxide profile and phosphine upper limits from Herschel/SPIRE
ICARUS 319 (2019) 86-98
NA Teanby, PGJ Irwin, JI Moses
Latitudinal variation in the abundance of methane (CH <inf>4</inf> )above the clouds in Neptune's atmosph...
Icarus 331 (2019) 69-82
PGJ Irwin, D Toledo, AS Braude et al.
Climate impacts of cultured meat and beef cattle
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Frontiers Media S.A. (2019)
J LYNCH, R PIERREHUMBERT
Design and proto-typing of integral field units for the ELT-PCS test bench spectrograph
ADVANCES IN OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION III 10706 (2018)
M Tecza, RM Barnsley, A Menduina-Fernandez et al.
Future of Venus Research and Exploration
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 214 (2018) UNSP 89
LS Glaze, CF Wilson, LV Zasova et al.
Assessing the long-term variability of acetylene and ethane in the stratosphere of Jupiter
ICARUS 305 (2018) 301-313
H Melin, LN Fletcher, PT Donnelly et al.
Harmoni pre-optics design at PDR
GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VII 10702 (2018)
MA Cagigas, E Hernandez, JL Rasilla et al.
The HARMONI/ELT spectrographs
GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VII 10702 (2018)
M Rodrigues, J Capone, A Earle et al.
Clouds and Hazes of Venus
Space Science Reviews Springer Nature America, Inc 214 (2018) 126
DV Titov, NI Ignatiev, K McGouldrick et al.
Venus Upper Clouds and the UV Absorber From MESSENGER/MASCS Observations
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS 123 (2018) 145-162
S Perez-Hoyos, A Sanchez-Lavega, A Garcia-Munoz et al.
Atmospheric Dynamics of Terrestrial Planets
in Handbook of Exoplanets, Springer International Publishing (2018) 1-31
PL Read, SR Lewis, GK Vallis
Descent Rate Models of the Synchronization of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation by the Annual Cycle in Tropi...
JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 75 (2018) 2281-2297
K Rajendran, IM Moroz, SM Osprey et al.
The proposed Caroline ESA M3 mission to a Main Belt Comet
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 62 (2018) 1921-1946
GH Jones, J Agarwal, N Bowles et al.
Exploring the Atmosphere of Neoproterozoic Earth: The Effect of O-2 on Haze Formation and Composition
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 858 (2018) ARTN 119
SM Horst, C He, MS Ugelow et al.
Analysis of gaseous ammonia (NH3) absorption in the visible spectrum of Jupiter
ICARUS 302 (2018) 426-436
PGJ Irwin, N Bowles, AS Braude et al.
New spectro-photometric characterization of the substellar object HR2562B using SPHERE
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 612 (2018) ARTN A92
D Mesa, J-L Baudino, B Charnay et al.
Global or Local Pure Condensible Atmospheres: Importance of Horizontal Latent Heat Transport
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 867 (2018) ARTN 54
F Ding, RT Pierrehumbert
Wave-mean Flow Interactions in the Atmospheric Circulation of Tidally Locked Planets
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 869 (2018) ARTN 65
M Hammond, RT Pierrehumbert
Seasonal evolution of C2N2, C3H4, and C4H2 abundances in Titan's lower stratosphere
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 609 (2018) ARTN A64
M Sylvestre, NA Teanby, S Vinatier et al.
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