Transonic escape from extrasolar planets and the early earth


Publications:
  • Hans De Sterck, Scott Rostrup and Feng Tian, 'A Fast and Accurate Algorithm for Computing Radial Transonic Flows', J. Computational and Applied Mathematics 223, 916-928, 2009. [pdf]
  • Hans De Sterck, 'Critical point analysis of transonic flow profiles with heat conduction', SIAM J. Appl. Dyn. Syst. 6, 645-662, 2007. [pdf]
  • Feng Tian, Owen B. Toon, Alexander A. Pavlov, and H. De Sterck, `A Hydrogen-Rich Early Earth Atmosphere', Science 308, 1014-1017, 2005. [pdf]
  • Feng Tian, Owen B. Toon, Alexander A. Pavlov, and H. De Sterck, `Transonic Hydrodynamic Escape of Hydrogen from Extrasolar Planetary Atmospheres', Astrophysical Journal 621, 1049-1060, 2005. [pdf]