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arXiv 2012.14068astro-ph.EP
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多历元高分辨率互相关系外行星光谱的对比度和温度依赖性

Contrast and Temperature Dependence of Multi-Epoch High-Resolution Cross-Correlation Exoplanet Spectroscopy

Luke Finnerty, Cam Buzard, Stefan Pelletier, Danielle Piskorz, Alexandra C. Lockwood, Chad F. Bender, Björn Benneke, Geoffrey A. Blake

摘要:

虽然高分辨率互相关光谱(HRCCS)技术已被证明是有效的过境和非过境热对流层的大气特征,这些技术的局限性还没有得到很好的理解。我们提出了一系列的模拟一个HRCCS技术,它结合了交叉关联函数从多个时代,把温度和对比度的限制可访问的系外行星人口的第一次。我们发现,行星约土星大小和更大的$\sim$ 0.2 AU的类太阳恒星可能是可检测的$L$带,一个显着的扩展与以前研究的人口相比,目前的仪器。温度较低的($ \rm T_{eq} \leq 1000$ K)系外行星比单独通过光度对比度所建议的更容易探测,这是由于化学变化增加了光谱对比度。较冷系外行星的$L$波段CH $_4$光谱能够对$\rm T_{eq} \sim 900K$处的大气C/O比进行鲁棒约束,这已被证明对热彗星难以获得。这些结果表明,HRCCS的多历元方法可以用现有的高分辨率光谱仪检测和表征整个类太阳系统内部区域的系外行星大气。我们发现,许多时代的适度的信号噪声比($\rm S/N_{epoch} \sim 1500$)产生最清晰的检测和C/O的限制,强调需要高精度的近红外大地校正与短的集成时间。

英文摘要:

While high-resolution cross-correlation spectroscopy (HRCCS) techniques have proven effective at characterizing the atmospheres of transiting and non-transiting hot Jupiters, the limitations of these techniques are not well understood. We present a series of simulations of one HRCCS technique, which combines the cross-correlation functions from multiple epochs, to place temperature and contrast limits on the accessible exoplanet population for the first time. We find that planets approximately Saturn-size and larger within $\sim$0.2 AU of a Sun-like star are likely to be detectable with current instrumentation in the $L$-band, a significant expansion compared with the previously-studied population. Cooler ($ \rm T_{eq} \leq 1000$ K) exoplanets are more detectable than suggested by their photometric contrast alone as a result of chemical changes which increase spectroscopic contrast. The $L$-band CH$_4$ spectrum of cooler exoplanets enables robust constraints on the atmospheric C/O ratio at $\rm T_{eq} \sim 900K$, which have proven difficult to obtain for hot Jupiters. These results suggest that the multi-epoch approach to HRCCS can detect and characterize exoplanet atmospheres throughout the inner regions of Sun-like systems with existing high-resolution spectrographs. We find that many epochs of modest signal-to-noise ($\rm S/N_{epoch} \sim 1500$) yield the clearest detections and constraints on C/O, emphasizing the need for high-precision near-infrared telluric correction with short integration times.

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