Christopher Spalding

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Publications

1. Spalding, C. & Fischer, W., W. (2018) The role of rotation rate in understanding Earth's climate under a faint young Sun, submitted.
2. Spalding, C. (2018). The Solar wind as a sculptor of terrestrial planet formation, ApJL, in press. PDF
3. Spalding, C., Fischer, W., W. & Laughlin, G., (2018). An orbital window into the ancient Sun’s mass, ApJL, in press. PDF Press Release
4. Spalding, C., Marx, N., W. & Batygin, K. (2018) The resilience of Kepler systems to stellar obliquity, AJ, 155, 4. PDF
5. Spalding, C., Doering, C. & Flierl, G. (2017), Resonant activation of population extinctions, Physical Review E, 96, 042411. PDF
6. Spalding, C. & Batygin, K. (2017), A secular resonant origin for the loneliness of hot Jupiters, AJ, 154, 3. PDF
7. Spalding, C., Finnegan, S. & Fischer, W., W. (2017) Sensitivity of calcification energetics to ocean acidification, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31, 866. Link
8. Spalding, C. & Batygin, K. (2016) Spin-orbit misalignment as a driver of the Kepler dichotomy. ApJ, 830, 5. PDF New Scientist
9. Spalding, C., Batygin, K. & Adams, F. C. (2016) Resonant removal of exomoons through planetary migration. ApJ, 817,18. PDF New Scientist
10. Spalding, C. & Batygin, K. (2015). Magnetic origins of the stellar mass-obliquity correlation in planetary systems. ApJ, 811(2), 82. PDF New Scientist
11. Spalding, C., Batygin, K. & Adams, F. C. (2014). Alignment of protostars and circumstellar disks during the embedded phase. ApJL, 797(2), L29. PDF
12. Spalding, C. & Batygin, K. (2014). Early excitation of spin-orbit misalignments in close-in planetary systems. ApJ, 790(1), 42. PDF

In preparation

1. Westacott, S., Spalding, C. & Hull, P., The macroevolutionary signal of metabolic silicification costs, in prep.
2. Spalding, C. & Adams, F., C., The in situ assembly of planetary building blocks in the inner regions of protoplanetary nebulae, in prep.