Context: White dwarf - Brown dwarf short period binaries (P$_{\rm orb}$ $\lesssim$ 2 hours) are some of the most extreme irradiated atmospheric environments known. These systems offer an opportunity to explore theoretical and modelling efforts of irradiated atmospheres different to typical hot Jupiter systems. Aims: We aim to investigate the three dimensional atmospheric structural and dynamical properties of the Brown dwarf WD0137-349B. Methods: We use the three dimensional GCM model Exo-FMS, with a dual-band grey radiative-transfer scheme to model the atmosphere of WD0137-349B. The results of the GCM model are post-processed using the three dimensional Monte Carlo radiative-transfer model \textsc{cmcrt}. Results: Our results suggest inefficient day-night energy transport and a large day-night temperature contrast for WD0137-349B. Multiple flow patterns are present, shifting energy asymmetrically eastward or westward depending on their zonal direction and latitude. Regions of overturning are produced on the western terminator. We are able to reproduce the start of the system near-IR emission excess at $\gtrsim$ 1.95 $μ$m as observed by the GNIRS instrument. Our model over predicts the IR phase curve fluxes by factors of $\approx$1-3, but generally fits the shape of the phase curves well. Chemical kinetic modelling using \textsc{vulcan} suggests a highly ionised region at high altitudes can form on the dayside of the Brown dwarf. Conclusions: We present a first attempt at simulating the atmosphere of a short period White dwarf - Brown dwarf binary in a 3D setting. Further studies into the radiative and photochemical heating from the UV irradiation is required to more accurately capture the energy balance inside the Brown dwarf atmosphere. Cloud formation may also play an important role in shaping the emission spectra of the Brown dwarf.
Phase-resolved Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 Spectroscopy of Weakly-Irradiated Brown Dwarf GD 1400 and Energy Redistribution-Irradiation Trends in Six WD$-$BD Binaries
Time-resolved Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 Spectrophotometry Reveals Inefficient Day-to-Night Heat Redistribution in the Highly Irradiated Brown Dwarf SDSS 1557B
The Impact of Irradiation on the Radius and Thermal Evolution of Transiting Brown Dwarfs
School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University(亚利桑那州立大学地球与空间探索学院);Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz(加州大学圣克鲁兹分校天文学与天体物理系);Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai‘i(夏威夷大学天文研究所);William H. Miller III Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University(约翰斯·霍普金斯大学威廉·H·米勒三世物理与天文学系)
Quantifying the differences in transmission and emission spectra for hot irradiated gaseous exoplanet atmospheres: A comparison of 1D and 3D modeling using JWST
Exploring deep and hot adiabats as a potential solution to the radius inflation problem in brown dwarfs: Long-timescale models of the deep atmospheres of KELT-1b, Kepler-13Ab, and SDSS1411B
Dynamically Coupled Three-dimensional Cloud-Chemistry in Rapidly Rotating Irradiated Atmospheres: an Application to the Compact White Dwarf-Brown Dwarf system ZTFJ0038+2030
Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University(李政道研究所,上海交通大学);School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University(物理与天文学院,上海交通大学);State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University(暗物质物理全国重点实验室,上海交通大学);Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia(天文学系,弗吉尼亚大学);School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester(物理与天文学院,莱斯特大学);School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham(物理与天文学院,伯明翰大学);Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern(太空与宜居性中心,伯尔尼大学);Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所);Université de la Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange(蔚蓝海岸大学,蔚蓝海岸天文台,法国国家科学研究中心,拉格朗日实验室)
The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XLVII. Five Jupiter-mass planets in long-period orbits, one highly irradiated Neptune, one brown dwarf, and five stellar binaries
Three-dimensional dynamical evolution of cloud particle microphysics in sub-stellar atmospheres I. Description and exploring Y-dwarf atmospheric variability
Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern(伯尔尼大学空间与宜居性中心);Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University(慕尼黑路德维希-马克西米利安大学物理学院);ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern(伯尔尼大学ARTORG生物医学工程研究中心);University College London(伦敦大学学院);Astronomy & Astrophysics Group, Department of Physics, University of Warwick(华威大学物理系天文学与天体物理学组)
The accretionally heated atmospheres of protoplanets and brown dwarfs
California Institute of Technology(加州理工学院);Carnegie Institution for Science(卡内基科学研究所);University of California, Santa Barbara(加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校);Northwestern University(西北大学);University of Texas, Austin(德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校)
Asymmetric nightside CO2 features, inefficient heat transport, and precise evolutionary constraints: Spectroscopic phase curves reveal the past and present of a white dwarf-brown dwarf binary
University of Virginia(弗吉尼亚大学);Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所);University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学);Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院);University of Birmingham(伯明翰大学);University of Leicester(莱斯特大学);Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory(约翰斯·霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室)
The JWST weather report from the nearest brown dwarfs II: Consistent variability mechanisms over 7 months revealed by 1-14 $μ$m NIRSpec + MIRI monitoring of WISE 1049AB
J0404+1112: A 3-Hour Eclipsing White Dwarf-Brown Dwarf Probing Multiple Atmospheric Regimes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院);Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)(加那利天体物理学研究所);Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)(拉古纳大学);NASA Johnson Space Center(美国国家航空航天局约翰逊航天中心);University of Leicester(莱斯特大学);University of Virginia(弗吉尼亚大学);University of Birmingham(伯明翰大学)
Beyond Equilibrium Temperature: How the Atmosphere/Interior Connection Affects the Onset of Methane, Ammonia, and Clouds in Warm Transiting Giant Planets