Burkhard Militzer

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used new interior models of cold planets to investigate the mass-radius relationships of solid exoplanets, considering planets made primarily of iron, silicates, water, and carbon compounds.

TL;DR: Theoretical Developments 4147 - Extensions of van der Waals−Platteeuw Theory 4147 4.1.2.

TL;DR: In this paper, a selection of interior models based on ab initio computer simulations of hydrogen-helium mixtures is presented. But, the model predictions are strongly affected by the chosen equation of state, the prediction of an enrichment of Z in the deep, metallic envelope over that in the shallow, molecular envelope holds.

TL;DR: In this paper, first-principles computer simulations of hydrogen-helium mixtures at conditions of Jupiter's interior are studied with first-parameter computer simulations, and the resulting equation of state (EOS) implies that Jupiter possesses a central core of 14-18 Earth masses of heavier elements, a result that supports core accretion as standard model for the formation of hydrogen rich giant planets.

TL;DR: It is reported that the measured odd gravitational harmonics J3, J5, J7 and J9 indicate that the observed jet streams extend down to depths of thousands of kilometres beneath the cloud level, probably to the region of magnetic dissipation at a depth of about 3,000 kilometres.