Cloud formation in giant planets

2007/11/23 by Christiane Helling, Ch. Helling, Helling, Christiane
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Aeolian processes and effects #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0711.3730

4 pages, Proceeding to "Extreme solar systems", eds. Fischer, Rasio, Thorsett, Wolszczan

arxiv created 2007/11/23 · openalex publication_date 2007/11/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We calculate the formation of dust clouds in atmospheres of giant gas-planets. The chemical structure and the evolution of the grain size distribution in the dust cloud layer is discussed based on a consistent treatment of seed formation, growth/evaporation and gravitational settling. Future developments are shortly addressed.

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