SUJAN SENGUPTA

Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

Chandrasekhar Centenary Conference

December 07-11, 2010

Multiple Scattering Polarization -

Application of Chandrasekhar’s Formalisms to the Atmosphere of

Brown Dwarfs and Extra-solar Planets

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SUB-STELLAR MASS OBJECTS

BROWN DWARFS

EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS

Mass – less than 0.011 M

Credit : NASA (1995)

Credit : C. Chauvin et al (2004) Teff 1400 K

L dwarfs :

1300 K < Teff < 2400 K

Signature of primordial lithium

T dwarfs :

600 K < Teff < 1300 K

Signature of methane

Credit : B. Openheimer et al. (1995) Credit : D. Kirkpatrick et al. (2000)Credit : M. C. Cushing et al. (2009)

Sengupta and Krishan, 2001, ApJ Letts, 561, L123

Menard et al. 2002, A & A Letts. 396, L35

Sengupta, 2003, ApJ Letts, 585, L155

Sengupta and Kwok, 2005, ApJ, 625, 996

Polarization of Dusty Brown DwarfsSingle Scattering

Credit : S. Sengupta and S. Kwok (2006)

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DARWIN-RADAU-CHANDRASEKHAR RELATIONSHIP

Credit : S. Sengupta and M. S. Marley (2010)

Polarization of Dusty Brown DwarfsMultiple Scattering : Application of Chandrasekhar’s equations

The World Is Not Enough

8 planets within the solar system

51 Pegasi : The first confirmed exoplanet reported in 1995

PSR 1257+12 : a system of planets discovered in 1992

Radial Velocity

Transit

Imaging

Microlensing

Timing

506 planets (http://exoplanet.eu :Dec. 09, 2010)

Credit : F. Allard (2008)Credit : S. Berdyugina (2008)

Credit : Chauvin et al (2004)

2MASS 1207 b

Credit : Marois et al. (2008)

HR 8799

Credit : Marois et al. (2010)Credit : Lagrange et al. (2010)

Pictoris b

Credit : S. Sengupta and M. S. Marley (2010)

Credit : NASA

Polarization by a Partially Cloudy Atmosphere ??

Credit : JPL, NASA (Spitzer)