ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Tracing the chemical evolution of super-Earth exoplanets
The first low-mass exoplanet spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have toppled previous understanding on their internal structure and phase state, suggesting that mixing between the deep planetary interior and atmosphere affects key observables. A newly emerging class of volatile-rich exoplanets, bridging the classes of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes, promises to enhance observational insights into atmosphere-interior feedbacks but requires novel models to interpret and predict observables to distinguish different scenarios. MagmaWorlds will chart the diverging evolutionary pathways of the emerging volatile-rich and volatile-poor super-Earth populations, and thus enable to…
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