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金属丰度对以氢为主导的系外行星大气非平衡态的影响

The Effect of Metallicity on the Non-Equilibrium Abundance of Hydrogen Dominated Exoplanet Atmosphere

Vikas Soni, Kinsuk Acharyya

摘要:

大气金属丰度对系外行星大气的组成有很大的影响。金属丰度对热化学平衡的影响已得到很好的研究,尽管它对不平衡丰度的影响受到松散的限制。在这项研究中,我们已经使用淬火近似研究的淬火丰度的一系列参数(温度:500-2500 K,压力:10 $^{-4}$-10 $^3$巴,金属丰度:0.1-1000 $\times$太阳金属丰度)的金属丰度的影响。我们确定的化学时标,通过找到一个网络分析工具和热化学平衡丰度在一个简化的化学网络的限速步骤。平衡丰度结果与文献结果相似。CO、H $_2$ O和CO $_2$丰度在所考虑的参数范围内随着金属丰度的增加而增加。对于CO/CH $_4$ $<$ 1,CH $_4$丰度随金属度增加而增加,而对于CO/CH $_4$ $>$ 1不受影响。CO的化学时标随大气金属丰度的变化很小,而CH $_4$的化学时标与大气金属丰度成反比。CO的猝灭能级向高压区移动,CH $_4$的猝灭能级与金属丰度表现出复杂的行为。我们基准淬火近似与一维光化学传输模型的两个测试系外行星(GJ 1214 b和HD 189733 b),发现它是在良好的协议。我们还发现,淬火近似是一个强大的工具,以约束大气参数。我们通过限制测试系外行星HR 8799 b,HD 189733 b,GJ 436 b和WASP-39 b的金属丰度和运输强度来证明这一点。

英文摘要:

The atmospheric metallicity greatly influences the composition of exoplanet atmospheres. The effect of metallicity on the thermochemical equilibrium is well studied, though its effect on the disequilibrium abundance is loosely constrained. In this study, we have used the quenching approximation to study the effect of metallicity on the quenched abundance for a range of parameters (temperature: 500-2500 K, pressure: 10$^{-4}$-10$^3$ bar, metallicity: 0.1-1000 $\times$ solar metallicity). We determine the chemical timescale by finding rate limiting steps in a reduced chemical network with a network analysis tool and the thermochemical equilibrium abundance. The equilibrium abundance results are similar to the literature. The CO, H$_2$O, and CO$_2$ abundances increase with metallicity in the parameter range considered. The CH$_4$ abundance increases with metallicity for CO/CH$_4$ $<$ 1 and is unaffected for CO/CH$_4$ $>$ 1. The chemical timescale of CO shows minimal change with the metallicity, while the CH$_4$ chemical timescale is inversely proportional to atmospheric metallicity. The quench level of CO shifts into the high-pressure region, and the quench level of CH$_4$ shows complex behavior with metallicity. We benchmarked the quenching approximation with the 1D photochemistry-transport model for two test exoplanets (GJ 1214 b and HD 189733 b) and found it to be in good agreement. We also found that the quenching approximation is a powerful tool to constrain atmospheric parameters. We demonstrated this by constraining the metallicity and transport strength for the test exoplanets HR 8799 b, HD 189733 b, GJ 436 b, and WASP-39 b.

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