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Valencia, D. & T. Guillot. GJ1214b's composition and its peers. in preparation

Valencia, D. Composition and Internal Dynamics of super-Earths. In Physics and Chemistry of the Deep Earth, ed. J. Karato. submitted

Demory, B. O., M. Gillon, D. Deming, D. Valencia , S. Seager and 10 more authors (2011). Detection of a transit of the super-Earth 55 Cncri-e with warm Spitzer. A&A, 533, A114

Hatzes, A. P., M. Fridlund, G. Nachmani, T. Mazeh, D. Valencia, and the CoRoT team (2011). On the Mass of CoRoT-7b. ApJ, in print

M. Havel, T. Guillot, D. Valencia , & A. Crida. (2010) The multiple planets transiting Kepler-9 : Inferring stellar properites the planetary compositions. A&A, 531, A3

Morard, G., J. Bouchet, D. Valencia, S. Mazevet & F. Guyot (2010). High Pressure melting curve of Iron by molecular dynamics calculations: Implications for exoplanet habitability. EPSL. submitted

Valencia, D., M. Ikoma, T. Guillot & N. Nettlemann (2010). Composition and Fate of short-period Super-Earths: The case of CoRoT-7b. A&A, 516, A20

Valencia, D. & R. J. O'Connell (2009). Convection scaling and subduction on Earth and super-Earths. EPSL, 286: 492-502

Valencia, D., R. J. O'Connell & D. D. Sasselov (2009). The role of high-pressure experiments on determining super-Earth properties. Astrophys. & Space Sci., 322: 135-139

Fortney, J. J, S. Glenzer, M. Koenig, B. Militzer, D. Saumon & D. Valencia (2008). Frontiers of the Physics of Dense Plasmas and Planetary, Interiors: Experiment, Theory, Applications. Phyics of Plasmas Review. 16: 041003-041003-7

Valencia, D., R. J. O'Connell & D. D. Sasselov (2007). Inevitability of Plate Tectonics on Super-Earths. ApJ, 670: L45-L48

Valencia, D., D. D. Sasselov & R. J. O'Connell (2007). Detailed models of super-Earths: How well can we infer bulk properties? ApJ, 665: 1413-1420

Valencia, D., D. D. Sasselov & R. J. O'Connell (2007). Radius and Structure Models for the First Super-Earth Planet, ApJ, 656: 545-55

Valencia, D., R. J. O'Connell & D. D. Sasselov (2006). Internal Structure of Massive Terrestrial Planets, Icarus, 181: 545-554



CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, OUTREACH PAPERS & THESIS

Valencia, D. Composition of Transiting and Transiting only Super-Earths (2011). IAU 276 Proceedings : The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure and Dynamical Evolution

Valencia, D. Characterising Super-Earths (2011). Detection and Dynamics of Transiting Exoplanets, St. Michel l’Observatoire, France, Edited by F. Bouchy, R. Diaz, C. Moutou. EPJ Web of Conferences, vol 11

Sasselov, D. & D. Valencia (2011). Planets we could call home. Scientific American, Aug

Valencia, D. Alternate Earths: evolution of planetary interiors and their surfaces (2010). In Geodynamics White Paper for NSF

Valencia, D. Internal Structure and Thermal State of Super-Earths (2008). PhD Thesis. Harvard University

Valencia, D., R. J. O'Connell & D. D. Sasselov (2007). Super-Earths' Evolution: Towards Habitability, in Proceedings ASP Conference, Extreme Solar Systems Symposium, Santorini, Greece

Valencia, D., D. D. Sasselov & R. J. O'Connell (2006). Structure of First Super-Earth Planet, in Proceedings, Rencontres de Blois - Planetary Science: Challenges and Discoveries Conference, 18th, Blois, France

Valencia, D. Estimating Love Numbers with the use of Long Period Seismic Data (2002). Masters Thesis. University of Toronto

 

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