G5 – Commission G5 Stellar and Planetary Atmospheres
Description
The scope of the work of the Commission goes all the way from theory and modeling of stellar and planetary atmospheres to observational spectroscopic studies of these objects. The main emphasis is given to bridging the gap between the theorists/modelers and the observers/spectroscopists, rather than concentrating on these topics individually. In practice, the main thrust is on addressing the issues of how to make theory more useful for observers, and how to make observations more powerful by judiciously using a proper theoretical description.
The scope of the previous Commission 36 Theory of Stellar Atmospheres was extended to investigate atmospheres the of substellar mass objects, such as brown dwarfs and exoplanets. The reason for this is that modeling atmospheres and predicting spectra of substellar objects is conceptually very similar to studying classical stellar atmospheres, so that a fruitful interaction between the stellar and planetary communities will be mutually beneficial. The Commission will actively promote such an interaction.
Under Division
Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
Commission Working Groups
Commission G5 WG Stellar Spectral Libraries
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Via Lactea s/n
La Laguna 38205 La Laguna
Spain
Phone: +34 922605246
Email: callende
iac
es
Organization website: http://hebe.as.utexas.edu/
NCA adherence: Spain
Last updated:
July 19, 2018
University of Arizona
Steward Observatory and Department of Astronomy
933 N. Cherry Avenue
Tuscon AZ 85721
Arizona (AZ)
United States
Phone: +1 520 626 1627
Email 1: ihubeny
astr
gmail
com
Email 2: hubeny
email
arizona
edu
Organization website: http://www.as.arizona.edu/~hubeny
NCA adherence: United States
Last updated:
March 22, 2019
Organizing Committee