Extreme exoplanets as a tool to understand trends in exoplanets atmospheres.
<div>The interpretation of general trends in exoplanet atmospheres is challenging because they exhibit a wide range of diverse properties in terms of&#160;composition, structure, and overall atmospheric physics. In this&#160;context exoplanet&#8217;s in extreme regimes can help to understand&#160;global&#160;planetary properties.</div> <div><strong>&#160;</strong></div> <div>In this project, we focus on a few exoplanets that are outliers in their atmospheric properties and&#160;discuss what we can learn about the overall population of hot-jupiters from these peculiar&#160;objects. &#160;We present&#160;studies of&#160;exo-atmospheric processes in extreme regimes of temperature, of entropy, of radiative and advective timescales, and of formation stages.&#160;This project combines&#160;these various&#160;physical properties&#160;in a unique and innovative manner&#160;to understand the most crucial properties of&#160;hot-Jupiters.</div> <div><strong>&#160;</strong></div> <p>Practically, we leverage the unique capabilities of&#160;Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 together with novel data analysis techniques to understand the nature of a set of exoplanets that reside under these extreme conditions.&#160;Ultimately, this project enable us to improve our understanding of exo-atmospheric processes and planet formation that ultimately shape the atmospheres of hot Jupiters that are observed today.&#160;</p>