Radiatively Controlled Thermal Stability of High-Altitude Clouds in Exoplanetary Atmospheres

arXiv:2606.21770 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-06-19 · Read on arXiv

Taro M. Shefferson-Nagata, Kazumasa Ohno

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-06-19

Comments: 19 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Decoupling — 16× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Transmission spectroscopy — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Metallicity — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Adam — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

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