Julianne I. Moses coauthored models of disequilibrium atmospheric chemistry on strongly irradiated exoplanets. Chemical reactions, vertical mixing and irradiation can maintain compositions different from local equilibrium, so a spectrum probes both chemistry and transport.[ref]
Disequilibrium Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen Chemistry in the Atmospheres of HD 189733b and HD 209458b by Julianne I. Moses and others. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
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