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HD17156b的高层大气

The Upper Atmosphere of HD17156b

T. T. Koskinen, A. D. Aylward, S. Miller

摘要:

HD 17156 b是一颗新发现的凌日型太阳系外巨行星,其轨道半长轴为0.16天文单位,高偏心率(e~0.67)。它的周期为21.2个地球日,是已知的凌日行星中最长的。该行星的大气层在每个轨道上都经历了27倍的恒星辐射变化,使其成为大气建模的有趣主题。为了模拟HD 17156 b沿偏心轨道的运动,我们使用了一个太阳系外气体巨行星的高层大气和电离层的三维模型。在这里,我们提出了这些模拟的结果,并讨论其上层大气的稳定性,环流和成分。与著名的凌日行星HD 209458 b相反,我们发现HD 17156 b的大气不太可能在轨道上的任何一点上流体动力学逃逸,即使上层大气几乎完全由氢原子和H+组成,H3+离子的红外冷却可以忽略不计。高层大气的性质对热层的组成很敏感,特别是对H2的混合比,因为H2的可用性调节辐射冷却。根据不同的模拟,我们对HD 17156 b的热层-电离层系统做出了具体的预测,这些预测可能会被观测所验证。

英文摘要:

HD17156b is a newly-found transiting extrasolar giant planet (EGP) that orbits its G-type host star in a highly eccentric orbit (e~0.67) with an orbital semi-major axis of 0.16 AU. Its period, 21.2 Earth days, is the longest among the known transiting planets. The atmosphere of the planet undergoes a 27-fold variation in stellar irradiation during each orbit, making it an interesting subject for atmospheric modelling. We have used a three-dimensional model of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere for extrasolar gas giants in order to simulate the progress of HD17156b along its eccentric orbit. Here we present the results of these simulations and discuss the stability, circulation, and composition in its upper atmosphere. Contrary to the well-known transiting planet HD209458b, we find that the atmosphere of HD17156b is unlikely to escape hydrodynamically at any point along the orbit, even if the upper atmosphere is almost entirely composed of atomic hydrogen and H+, and infrared cooling by H3+ ions is negligible. The nature of the upper atmosphere is sensitive to to the composition of the thermosphere, and in particular to the mixing ratio of H2, as the availability of H2 regulates radiative cooling. In light of different simulations we make specific predictions about the thermosphere-ionosphere system of HD17156b that can potentially be verified by observations.

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