The reason we do atmospheric modeling is to learn about processes. We found our Elf Owl models didn't predict the CO2 abundance in brown dwarfs correctly. This was a win, we learned something new! IOur new arXiv note explains it all and how we fixed it. Thanks Nick Wogan! arxiv.org/abs/2505.03994
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The Sonora Substellar Atmosphere Models. V: A Correction to the Disequilibrium Abundance of CO$_2$ for Sonora Elf Owl
To aid the interpretation of observations of substellar atmospheres, Mukherjee et al. (2024) created the Sonora Elf Owl grid of model atmospheres, simulations that accounted for disequilibrium quench ...
