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Theory of transits of extrasolar
planets
Theoretical calculations of
brown dwarf and
extrasolar giant planet evolution and structure (with Astronomy Department)
Planning for an advanced Jupiter
orbiter mission
with a low periapse for precise gravity measurements (with JPL)
Current LPL PhD students:
Joanthan Fortney
Current LPL postdocs:
Classes taught:
PtyS
206 Our Golden Age of Planetary Exploration
PtyS
505b Planetary Physics
Selected Memberships/Committee Positions:
Member: AAS/DPS, AGU, IAU, AAAS
Spacecraft involvement:
INSIDE Jupiter (low-periapse
orbiter mssion)
Recent references:
Gravitational Signature of
Jupiter's Deep Zonal
Flows. W.B. Hubbard (1999) Icarus 137, pp. 357-359.
Comparative Evolution of Jupiter
and Saturn.
W.B. Hubbard, T. Guillot, M. S. Marley, A. Burrows, J.I. Lunine, and D.S.
Saumon (1999) Planetary and Space Science 47, pp.1175-1182.
On the Radii of Close-In Giant
Planets.
A. Burrows, T. Guillot, W.B. Hubbard, M.S. Marley, D. Saumon, J.I. Lunine,
and D. Sudarsky, Astrophys. J. 534, pp. L97-L100.
Theory of Extrasolar Giant Planet
Transits.
W.B. Hubbard, J.J. Fortney, J.I. Lunine, A. Burrows, D. Sudarsky, and P.
Pinto, Astrophys. J. 560, pp. 413-419.
The Theory of Giant
Planets. W.B. Hubbard,
A. Burrows, and J.I. Lunine (2002) Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
40.
