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利用 HST 搜寻拥有1.2亿年历史的亚海王星 HIP94235b 的中性氢逃逸

Searching for Neutral Hydrogen Escape from the 120 Myr Old Sub-Neptune HIP94235b using HST

Ava Morrissey, George Zhou, Chelsea X. Huang, Duncan Wright, Caitlin Auger, Keighley E. Rockcliffe, Elisabeth R. Newton, James G. Rogers, Neale Gibson, Nataliea… 展开作者

Ava Morrissey, George Zhou, Chelsea X. Huang, Duncan Wright, Caitlin Auger, Keighley E. Rockcliffe, Elisabeth R. Newton, James G. Rogers, Neale Gibson, Nataliea Lowson, Laura C. Mayorga, Robert A. Wittenmyer

AI总结:

本研究利用 HST/STIS 的 Ly-alpha 观测搜寻1.2亿年历史亚海王星 HIP94235 b 的中性氢逃逸,未发现显著外流,并将逃逸率上限约束为 10^13 g/s。

摘要:

HIP94235 b 是一颗拥有1.2亿年历史的亚海王星,为我们研究该系统演化关键阶段的质量损失提供了独特机会:这一阶段正是持续1亿年(Myr)的强烈 XUV 辐照阶段的末期。我们展示了利用哈勃空间望远镜的空间望远镜成像光谱仪(HST/STIS)在 Ly-alpha 波长区域对 HIP94235 b 进行的两次观测。在凌星期间和凌星之外,我们没有观测到 Ly-alpha 谱线轮廓蓝翼和红翼的明显差异,并报告未在该行星周围显著探测到外流的中性氢。我们将 HIP94235 b 的中性氢逃逸速率约束在 10^13 g/s 的上限,这与能量限制模型预测的 10^11 g/s 保持一致。Ly-alpha 未探测到信号很可能是由于从该行星大气逃逸的中性氢具有极短的光电离时间尺度。这一时间尺度约为15分钟,显著短于任何其他拥有 STIS 观测的行星。通过能量限制质量损失模型,我们预计 HIP94235 b 将在1 Gyr 的时间尺度内转变为一颗超级地球。

英文摘要:

HIP94235 b, a 120 Myr old sub-Neptune, provides us the unique opportunity to study mass loss at a pivotal stage of the system's evolution: the end of a 100 million year (Myr) old phase of intense XUV irradiation. We present two observations of HIP94235 b using the Hubble Space Telescope's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (HST/STIS) in the Ly-alpha wavelength region. We do not observe discernible differences across either the blue and red wings of the Ly-alpha line profile in and out of transit, and report no significant detection of outflowing neutral hydrogen around the planet. We constrain the rate of neutral hydrogen escaping HIP94235 b to an upper limit of 10^13 g/s, which remains consistent with energy-limited model predictions of 10^11 g/s. The Ly-alpha non-detection is likely due to the extremely short photoionization timescale of the neutral hydrogen escaping the planet's atmosphere. This timescale, approximately 15 minutes, is significantly shorter than that of any other planets with STIS observations. Through energy-limited mass loss models, we anticipate that HIP94235 b will transition into a super-Earth within a timescale of 1 Gyr.

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