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arXiv 2003.05354astro-ph.EP
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氮主导的超短周期超级地球的大气成分和可观测性

Atmospheric compositions and observability of nitrogen dominated ultra-short period super-Earths

Mantas Zilinskas, Yamila Miguel, Paul Mollière, Shang-Min Tsai

摘要:

我们探讨了氮占主导地位的超短周期超级地球大气的化学和可观测性。我们的假设是,超级地球可能有充满氮气的大气层,对55 Cnc e的观测有利于高平均分子量大气层的情况。我们以土卫六的元素预算为出发点,并使用化学动力学计算出一个热超级地球的大范围可能成分。我们使用分析的温度分布和探索的参数空间跨越数量级的C/O \& N/O比,同时始终保持氮的主导成分。我们产生合成的透射和发射光谱,并评估其潜在的可观测性与未来的詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜和ARIEL。我们的研究结果表明,HCN是一个强有力的指标,高的C/O比,这是类似的发现H为主的大气。我们发现这些世界很可能具有C/O > 1.0,HCN,CN,CO应该是热发射中寻找的主要分子。在较低温度下(T < 1500 K),高N/O比的NH_3和低N/O比的C_2H_4、CH_4是强吸收剂。在这种气氛中氢的耗尽将使CN、CO和NO在0.6 - 5.0 $μ$ m范围内特别突出的分子。我们的模型表明,即将到来的JWST和ARIEL任务将能够以前所未有的信心区分超短周期超级地球的大气成分。

英文摘要:

We explore the chemistry and observability of nitrogen dominated atmospheres for ultra-short-period super-Earths. We base the assumption, that super-Earths could have nitrogen filled atmospheres, on observations of 55 Cnc e that favour a scenario with a high-mean-molecular-weight atmosphere. We take Titan's elemental budget as our starting point and using chemical kinetics compute a large range of possible compositions for a hot super-Earth. We use analytical temperature profiles and explore a parameter space spanning orders of magnitude in C/O \& N/O ratios, while always keeping nitrogen the dominant component. We generate synthetic transmission and emission spectra and assess their potential observability with the future James Webb Space Telescope and ARIEL. Our results suggest that HCN is a strong indicator of a high C/O ratio, which is similar to what is found for H-dominated atmospheres. We find that these worlds are likely to possess C/O > 1.0, and that HCN, CN, CO should be the primary molecules to be searched for in thermal emission. For lower temperatures (T < 1500 K), we additionally find NH3 in high N/O ratio cases, and C2H4, CH4 in low N/O ratio cases to be strong absorbers. Depletion of hydrogen in such atmospheres would make CN, CO and NO exceptionally prominent molecules to look for in the 0.6 - 5.0 $μ$m range. Our models show that the upcoming JWST and ARIEL missions will be able to distinguish atmospheric compositions of ultra-short period super-Earths with unprecedented confidence.

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