arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv周末暂无论文更新,休息一下吧,周末愉快~~
arXiv 2005.14185astro-ph.EP
收藏

星下大陆大小对Proxima Centauri b海洋动力学的影响

The Effect of Substellar Continent Size on Ocean Dynamics of Proxima Centauri b

Andrea M. Salazar, Stephanie L. Olson, Thaddeus D. Komacek, Haynes Stephens, Dorian S. Abbot

摘要:

在最近的工作中,人们广泛研究了绕M矮星运行的潮汐锁定行星的潜在可居住性,通常是在没有大陆的非动态海洋中。在地球上,海洋动力学是热量和营养分布的主要手段。大陆是营养物质的重要来源,强烈影响海洋动力学,并参与气候调节。在这项工作中,我们研究了亚恒星陆块的大小如何影响海洋的能力,运输热量和上升的营养物质的潮汐锁定行星Proxima Centauri b使用ROCKE-3D耦合海洋大气环流模型(GCM)。我们发现,向阳面无冰的海洋和营养输送到混合层通过上升流保持在所有大陆的大小。我们还发现,Proxima Centauri BS气候对大气GCM之间的差异比ROCKE-3D中包含的海洋动力学更敏感。最后,我们发现,比邻星b过渡从龙虾状态,海洋热传输分布热量远离亚恒星点的眼球状态,热传输受到限制,地面温度对称地从亚恒星点下降时,大陆的大小超过约20%的表面积。我们的工作表明,动态海洋和大陆都不太可能降低附近潮汐锁定目标的可居住性前景,如Proxima Centauri b,可以通过詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜(JWST)的未来观测进行调查。

英文摘要:

The potential habitability of tidally locked planets orbiting M-dwarf stars has been widely investigated in recent work, typically with a non-dynamic ocean and without continents. On Earth, ocean dynamics are a primary means of heat and nutrient distribution. Continents are a critical source of nutrients, strongly influence ocean dynamics, and participate in climate regulation. In this work, we investigate how the size of a substellar land mass affects the oceans ability to transport heat and upwell nutrients on the tidally locked planet Proxima Centauri b using the ROCKE-3D coupled ocean-atmosphere General Circulation Model (GCM). We find that dayside ice-free ocean and nutrient delivery to the mixed layer via upwelling are maintained across all continent sizes. We also find that Proxima Centauri bs climate is more sensitive to differences among atmospheric GCMs than to the inclusion of ocean dynamics in ROCKE-3D. Finally, we find that Proxima Centauri b transitions from a lobster state where ocean heat transport distributes heat away from the substellar point to an eyeball state where heat transport is restricted and surface temperature decreases symmetrically from the substellar point when the continent size exceeds about 20 percent of the surface area. Our work suggests that both a dynamic ocean and continents are unlikely to decrease the habitability prospects of nearby tidally locked targets like Proxima Centauri b that could be investigated with future observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑