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The ExoMol project: An update

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2020

Jonathan Tennyson Open the ORCID record for Jonathan Tennyson [Opens in a new window]  and
Sergei N. Yurchenko
Jonathan Tennyson
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK email: j.tennyson@ucl.ac.uk
Sergei N. Yurchenko
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK email: j.tennyson@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

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Spectra of exoplanets, cool stars and brown dwarfs contain features due to molecular absorptions. Modelling these requires extensive line lists which are provided by the ExoMol project. Here we report on current progress and future prospects for the project.

Keywords

molecular datastars: atmospheresstars: low-massbrown dwarfsexoplanets

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