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恒星absorption line中心到边缘变化对系外行星透射谱观测的影响

The effect of the stellar absorption line centre-to-limb variation on exoplanet transmission spectrum observations

Fei Yan, Enric Pallé, Robert A. E. Fosbury, Monika G. Petr-Gotzens, Thomas Henning

摘要:

凌日光谱学是最常用的外行星大气表征技术之一。这项技术已被用来检测电离和中性物种在系外行星大气中,通过比较观察到的恒星线和过境。恒星线的中心-边缘变化(CLV)是透射光谱学的一个重要效应,因为当行星通过恒星盘的不同部分时,它会导致恒星线深度的变化。我们重新分析了HD 189733 b的HARPS摄谱仪凌日数据,研究了凌日过程中的CLV效应。由此获得的Na i D线的透射光曲线显示出CLV效应的清晰印记。我们使用一维非LTE恒星光谱模型来模拟CLV效应。应用校正后,HD 189733 b大气中Na i吸收的测量变得更好。我们比较了HD 189733 b和HD 209458 b的CLV效应。这两个基准行星系的CLV效应是不同的,这归因于它们不同的恒星有效温度和凌日碰撞参量。然后,我们探讨了一般CLV的影响,发生在系外行星过境。通常,有效温度较低的恒星会表现出较强的CLV效应,并且其CLV特征在相对较宽的波长范围内延伸。凌日碰撞参量(b)描述了恒星盘上的凌日轨迹,从而决定了CLV效应的实际表现。我们引入了一个b图,它描述了作为不同碰撞参量的函数的CLV效应的行为。随着观测精度的提高,对CLV效应的仔细建模和校正对于利用凌日光谱进行系外行星大气特征描述是必要的。

英文摘要:

Transit spectroscopy is one of the most commonly used techniques for exoplanet atmosphere characterisation. This technique has been used to detect ionized and neutral species in exoplanet atmospheres by comparing the observed stellar lines in and out of transit. The centre-to-limb variation (CLV) of the stellar lines across the stellar disk is an important effect for transmission spectroscopy, since it results in a change of stellar line depth when the planet transits different parts of the stellar disk. We reanalyse the transit data of HD 189733b taken with the HARPS spectrograph to study the CLV effect during transit. The transmission light curve of the Na i D line so obtained shows a clear imprint of the CLV effect. We use a one-dimensional non-LTE stellar spectral model to simulate the CLV effect. After applying the correction, the measurement of the Na i absorption in the atmosphere of HD 189733b becomes better determined. We compare the CLV effect of HD 189733b to that of HD 209458b. The CLV effects are different for these two benchmark planetary systems and this is attributed to their different stellar effective temperatures and transit impact parameters. We then explore the general CLV effect that occurs during exoplanet transits. Normally, a star with a lower effective temperature exhibits a stronger CLV effect and its CLV feature extends over a relatively broad wavelength range. The transit impact parameter (b) describes the transit trajectory on the stellar disk and thus determines the actual manifestation of the CLV effect. We introduce a b-diagram which describes the behavior of the CLV effect as the function of different impact parameters. With improving observational precision, a careful modeling and correction of the CLV effect is necessary for exoplanet atmosphere characterisation using transit spectroscopy.

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