Astronomers are discovering more and more super-Earths, planets around other stars whose sizes and masses lie somewhere between those of Earth and Neptune. Some of these super-Earths may have very thick water layers. Such planets are often referred to as waterworlds. Water's unique behaviour across a range of temperatures and pressures, as well as its importance to life on Earth, means that these waterworlds are an interesting set of objects to model and explore.
This thesis explores the structure of these waterworlds, focusing on what happens when they are heated internally or externally.
This repository contains the source code for the thesis, including the chapter files (in Markdown format), images, raw data for the figures, and the Jupyter notebooks used to generate the figures. The full PDF for the thesis is available under "Releases" or use the links below: