Clara Sousa‐Silva

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 979 citations indexed

About

Clara Sousa‐Silva is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Clara Sousa‐Silva has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 979 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 14 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Clara Sousa‐Silva's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (14 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (12 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (10 papers). Clara Sousa‐Silva is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (14 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (12 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (10 papers). Clara Sousa‐Silva collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Portugal. Clara Sousa‐Silva's co-authors include Jonathan Tennyson, S. N. Yurchenko, A. F. Al-Refaie, Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski, William Bains, C. Hill, L. K. McKemmish, Sukrit Ranjan and K. L. Chubb and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Chemical Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Clara Sousa‐Silva

27 papers receiving 925 citations

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The ExoMol database: Molecular line lists for exoplanet and other hot atmospheres

2016 311 citations Jonathan Tennyson, S. N. Yurchenko et al. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clara Sousa‐Silva

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Observation of undepleted phosphine in the atmosphere of a low-temperature brown dwarf 2025 ·Science ·Adam J. Burgasser, Eileen C. Gonzales, (unknown), Channon Visscher, Ben Burningham, Gregory N. Mace, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Z. H. Zhang, Clara Sousa‐Silva, N. Lodieu, Stanimir Metchev, Aaron Meisner, Michael C. Cushing, Adam C. Schneider, Genaro Suárez, Chih-Chun Hsu, Roman Gerasimov, Christian Aganze, Christopher A. Theissen	0
2	The Impact of Extended CO₂ Cross Sections on Temperate Anoxic Planet Atmospheres 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Edward W. Schwieterman, Clara Sousa‐Silva, (unknown), Sukrit Ranjan, Olivia Vénot	1
3	The Detection-versus-retrieval Challenge: Titan as an Exoplanet 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Prajwal Niraula, Julien de Wit, Robert J. Hargreaves, Iouli E. Gordon, Clara Sousa‐Silva	0
4	The Impact of Extended H₂O Cross Sections on Temperate Anoxic Planet Atmospheres: Implications for Spectral Characterization of Habitable Worlds 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Edward W. Schwieterman, Sukrit Ranjan, Clara Sousa‐Silva, Alexander Fateev, Christopher T. Reinhard	2
5	Comment on “Phosphine in the Venusian Atmosphere: A Strict Upper Limit From SOFIA GREAT Observations” by Cordiner et al. 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·J. S. Greaves, Janusz J. Petkowski, A. M. S. Richards, Clara Sousa‐Silva, Sara Seager, D. L. Clements	4
6	Origin and Extent of the Opacity Challenge for Atmospheric Retrievals of WASP-39 b 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Prajwal Niraula, Julien de Wit, Iouli E. Gordon, Robert J. Hargreaves, Clara Sousa‐Silva	11
7	Low levels of sulphur dioxide contamination of Venusian phosphine spectra 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·J. S. Greaves, Paul B. Rimmer, A. M. S. Richards, Janusz J. Petkowski, William Bains, Sukrit Ranjan, Sara Seager, D. L. Clements, Clara Sousa‐Silva, H. J. Fraser	12
8	Large Interferometer for Exoplanets: VIII. Where Is the Phosphine? Observing Exoplanetary PH ₃ with a Space-Based Mid-Infrared Nulling Interferometer 2022 ·Astrobiology ·Daniel Angerhausen, (unknown), Felix Dannert, Yamila Miguel, Clara Sousa‐Silva, Jens Kammerer, (unknown), Eleonora Alei, (unknown), Haiyang Wang, Sascha P. Quanz	10
9	The impending opacity challenge in exoplanet atmospheric characterization 2022 ·Nature Astronomy ·Prajwal Niraula, Julien de Wit, Iouli E. Gordon, Robert J. Hargreaves, Clara Sousa‐Silva, Roman V. Kochanov	26
10	Detectability of biosignatures on LHS 1140 b 2021 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Fabian Wunderlich, (unknown), John Lee Grenfell, Franz Schreier, Clara Sousa‐Silva, M. Godolt, H. Rauer	21
11	Reply to: No evidence of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus from independent analyses 2021 ·Nature Astronomy ·J. S. Greaves, A. M. S. Richards, William Bains, Paul B. Rimmer, D. L. Clements, Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski, Clara Sousa‐Silva, Sukrit Ranjan, H. J. Fraser	22
12	Venusian phosphine: a ‘wow!’ signal in chemistry? 2021 ·Phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon and the related elements ·William Bains, Janusz J. Petkowski, Sara Seager, Sukrit Ranjan, Clara Sousa‐Silva, Paul B. Rimmer, Zhuchang Zhan, J. S. Greaves, A. M. S. Richards	11
13	Addendum: Phosphine gas in the cloud deck of Venus 2021 ·Nature Astronomy ·J. S. Greaves, A. M. S. Richards, William Bains, Paul B. Rimmer, Hideo Sagawa, D. L. Clements, Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski, Clara Sousa‐Silva, Sukrit Ranjan, E. Drabek-Maunder, H. J. Fraser, Annabel Cartwright, Ingo Mueller‐Wodarg, Zhuchang Zhan, Per Friberg, I. M. Coulson, (unknown), (unknown)	24
14	Photochemistry of Anoxic Abiotic Habitable Planet Atmospheres: Impact of New H₂O Cross Sections 2020 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Sukrit Ranjan, Edward W. Schwieterman, Chester E. Harman, Alexander Fateev, Clara Sousa‐Silva, Sara Seager, Renyu Hu	51
15	Phosphine as a Biosignature Gas in Exoplanet Atmospheres 2019 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Clara Sousa‐Silva, Sara Seager, Sukrit Ranjan, Janusz J. Petkowski, Zhuchang Zhan, Renyu Hu, William Bains	30
16	High-Resolution Spectroscopic Surveys of Ultracool Dwarf Stars & Brown Dwarfs 2019 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·Adam J. Burgasser, Dániel Apai, Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi, Cullen H. Blake, Jonathan Gagné, Quinn Konopacky, (unknown), Stanimir Metchev, A. Reiners, Everett Schlawin, Clara Sousa‐Silva, Johanna M. Vos	0
17	New environmental model for thermodynamic ecology of biological phosphine production 2018 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·William Bains, Janusz J. Petkowski, Clara Sousa‐Silva, Sara Seager	41
18	Original research by Young twinkle students (ORBYTS): when can students start performing original research? 2017 ·Clara Sousa‐Silva, L. K. McKemmish, K. L. Chubb, M. N. Gorman, (unknown), Emma J. Barton, Tom Rivlin, Jonathan Tennyson	1
19	High temperature partition functions and thermodynamic data for ammonia and phosphine 2014 ·Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·Clara Sousa‐Silva, N. Hesketh, S. N. Yurchenko, C. Hill, Jonathan Tennyson	46
20	A computed room temperature line list for phosphine 2013 ·Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy ·Clara Sousa‐Silva, S. N. Yurchenko, Jonathan Tennyson	39

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