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55颗巨蟹座大气的近红外化学编目

A Near-Infrared Chemical Inventory of the Atmosphere of 55 Cancri e

Emily K. Deibert, Ernst J. W. de Mooij, Ray Jayawardhana, Andrew Ridden-Harper, Suresh Sivanandam, Raine Karjalainen, Marie Karjalainen

摘要:

我们呈现了在巨蟹座55 e的8次凌日期间拍摄的高分辨率近红外光谱,巨蟹座55 e是附近的低密度超级地球,轨道周期短(< 18小时)。虽然这颗系外行星的体积密度表明可能存在大气层,但还没有被确定地探测到。我们的分析依赖于多普勒互相关技术,该技术利用我们数据的高光谱分辨率和宽波长覆盖范围,来搜索行星大气中富含氢、碳和氮的分子物种的数千种吸收特征。虽然我们无法探测到巨蟹座55度附近的大气,但我们确实对可能存在的HCN、NH ${}_3$和C ${}_2$ H ${}_2$的水平进行了严格的限制。特别地,在5 amu的平均分子量下,我们可以排除HCN在大气中的存在,其体积混合比(VMR)低至0.02%,NH ${}_3$低至0.08%的VMR,和C ${}_2$ H ${}_2$低至1.0%的VMR。如果将平均分子量放宽至2 amu,我们可以排除HCN、NH ${}_3$和C ${}_2$ H ${}_2$的存在,VMR分别降至0.001%、0.0025%和0.08%。我们的结果减少了可能的大气的参数空间,与Tsiaras等人(2016)对HST/WFC 3观测的分析一致,并表明如果55 Cancri e拥有大气,它必须具有高平均分子量和/或云。

英文摘要:

We present high-resolution near-infrared spectra taken during eight transits of 55 Cancri e, a nearby low-density super-Earth with a short orbital period (< 18 hours). While this exoplanet's bulk density indicates a possible atmosphere, one has not been detected definitively. Our analysis relies on the Doppler cross-correlation technique, which takes advantage of the high spectral resolution and broad wavelength coverage of our data, to search for the thousands of absorption features from hydrogen-, carbon-, and nitrogen-rich molecular species in the planetary atmosphere. Although we are unable to detect an atmosphere around 55 Cancri e, we do place strong constraints on the levels of HCN, NH${}_3$, and C${}_2$H${}_2$ that may be present. In particular, at a mean molecular weight of 5 amu we can rule out the presence of HCN in the atmosphere down to a volume mixing ratio (VMR) of 0.02%, NH${}_3$ down to a VMR of 0.08%, and C${}_2$H${}_2$ down to a VMR of 1.0%. If the mean molecular weight is relaxed to 2 amu, we can rule out the presence of HCN, NH${}_3$, and C${}_2$H${}_2$ down to VMRs of 0.001%, 0.0025%, and 0.08% respectively. Our results reduce the parameter space of possible atmospheres consistent with the analysis of HST/WFC3 observations by Tsiaras et al. (2016), and indicate that if 55 Cancri e harbors an atmosphere, it must have a high mean molecular weight and/or clouds.

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