Research, teaching and outreach in planetary sciences
Thesis in progress…
Student: Camille Lefour
Title: Observations de la chimie atmosphérique dans les régions polaires et non-polaires de Jupiter en préparation à la mission JUICE
Supervision: T. Cavalié
Years: 2024-2027
Science context: Analysis of ALMA observations of chemical species in the polar regions of Jupiter and preparation JUICE/SWI operations.
Thesis completed
Student: Benjamin Benne
Title: Modélisation photochimique de l’atmosphère de Triton
Supervision: M. Dobrijevic, T. Cavalié
Years: 2020-2023
Science context: Modeling of Triton’s photochemistry in preparation for its exploration. Accounting for Neptune magnetospheric electrons influence on Triton’s atmospheric chemistry.
You can find the press release from ESO (European Southern Observatory) about our most recent results on Jupiter’s stratosphere, where we have detected directly and for the first time strong equatorial and auroral jets:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2104/
The paper, which was published today in Astronomy and Astrophysics can be freely downloaded at:
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2021/03/aa40330-21/aa40330-21.html
Wind velocities in Jupiter’s stratosphere, as observed with ALMA on March 22nd, 2017. Jupiter image from Christopher Go (the same day the ALMA data were taken), UV emission model from Vincent Hue and Bertrand Bonfond, ALMA observatory taken by myself.