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.

Commission Members (252)

Under Division

Division G Stars and Stellar Physics

Commission Working Groups

Commission G5 WG Stellar Spectral Libraries

President

Carlos Allende Prieto

Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Via Lactea s/n
La Laguna 38205 La Laguna
Spain

Phone: +34 922605246
Email: callendeiaces
Organization website: http://hebe.as.utexas.edu/

NCA adherence: Spain

Last updated:
July 19, 2018

Vice-President

Chris Sneden

University of Texas Austin
Astronomy Dept
1 University Station C1400
Austin TX 78712
Texas (TX)
United States

Phone: +1 512 471 1349
Email 1: chrisverdiasutexasedu
Email 2: chrisastroasutexasedu
Personal website: http://verdi.as.utexas.edu
Organization website: http://www.as.utexas.edu/

NCA adherence: United States

Last updated:
April 27, 2018