The Thermal Structure and Composition of Jupiter's Great Red Spot From JWST/MIRI
Jake Harkett, Leigh N. Fletcher, Oliver R. T. King, Michael T. Roman, Henrik Melin, Heidi B. Hammel, Ricardo Hueso, Agustín Sánchez-Lavega, Michael H. Wong, Ste… 展开作者
Jake Harkett, Leigh N. Fletcher, Oliver R. T. King, Michael T. Roman, Henrik Melin, Heidi B. Hammel, Ricardo Hueso, Agustín Sánchez-Lavega, Michael H. Wong, Stefanie N. Milam, Glenn S. Orton, Katherine de Kleer, Patrick G. J. Irwin, Imke de Pater, Thierry Fouchet, Pablo Rodríguez-Ovalle, Patrick M. Fry, Mark R. Showalter
Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) was mapped by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)/Mid-Infrared Instrument (4.9-27.9 micron) in July and August 2022. These observations took place alongside a suite of visual and infrared observations from; Hubble, JWST/NIRCam, Very Large Telescope/VISIR and amateur observers which provided both spatial and temporal context across the jovian disc. The stratospheric temperature structure retrieved using the NEMESIS software revealed a series of hot-spots above the GRS. These could be the consequence of GRS-induced wave activity. In the troposphere, the temperature structure was used to derive the thermal wind structure of the GRS vortex. These winds were only consistent with the independently determined wind field by JWST/NIRCam at 240 mbar if the altitude of the Hubble-derived winds were located around 1,200 mbar, considerably deeper than previously assumed. No enhancement in ammonia was found within the GRS but a link between elevated aerosol and phosphine abundances was observed within this region. North-south asymmetries were observed in the retrieved temperature, ammonia, phosphine and aerosol structure, consistent with the GRS tilting in the north-south direction. Finally, a small storm was captured north-west of the GRS that displayed a considerable excess in retrieved phosphine abundance, suggestive of vigorous convection. Despite this, no ammonia ice was detected in this region. The novelty of JWST required us to develop custom-made software to resolve challenges in calibration of the data. This involved the derivation of the "FLT-5" wavelength calibration solution that has subsequently been integrated into the standard calibration pipeline.
NIRCam yells at cloud: JWST MIRI imaging can directly detect exoplanets of the same temperature, mass, age, and orbital separation as Saturn and Jupiter
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will measure exoplanet transmission and eclipse spectroscopy at un-precedented precisions to better understand planet structure, dynamics, chemistry and formation. These are essential tools on the march towards biosignature searches on potentially habitable planets. We explore a range of exoplanet atmospheric conditions and forecast the expected results with JWST. We take realistic CHIMERA models that match existing Spitzer and HST results and simulate the spectra achievable with the JWST MIRI + NIRCam Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) survey. We then ret…
The Mid-Infrared instrument (MIRI) on board the James Webb Space Telescope will perform the first ever characterization of young giant exoplanets observed by direct imaging in the 5-28 microns spectral range. This wavelength range is key for both determining the bolometric luminosity of the cool known exoplanets and for accessing the strongest ammonia bands. In conjunction with shorter wavelength observations, MIRI will enable a more accurate characterization of the exoplanetary atmospheric properties. Here we consider a subsample of the currently known exoplanets detected by direct imaging an…
To understand the potential for observing forming planets and their circumplanetary disks (CPDs) with JWST and ELT, we created mock observations from 3D radiative hydrodynamic simulations and radiative transfer post-processing for planets with 10, 5, 1 Jupiter and 1 Saturn masses with orbital separation of 50 and 30 AU in 0$^{\circ}$, 30$^{\circ}$ and 60$^{\circ}$ inclinations. Instrumental effects were then simulated with Mirage for JWST/NIRCam and NIRISS, MIRISim for JWST/MIRI and SimCADO & SimMETIS for ELT/MICADO and METIS. We found that the longer wavelengths (mid-IR and beyond) are the be…
A Homogeneous Survey of JWST MIRI Transmission Spectra of 10 Exoplanets
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge（剑桥大学天文学研究所）；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University（卡迪夫大学物理与天文学院）
JWST/MIRI coronagraphic search for planets in systems with gapped exoKuiper belts and proper motion anomalies
University of Exeter（埃克塞特大学）；Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)（太空望远镜科学研究所）；University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学）；University of Warwick（华威大学）；Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena（耶拿弗里德里希·席勒大学）；University of Birmingham（伯明翰大学）；University of Queensland（昆士兰大学）；University of Cambridge（剑桥大学）
Infrared measurements of asteroids are crucial for the determination of physical and thermal properties of individual objects, and for the understanding of the small-body populations in the solar system as a whole. But standard radiometric methods can only be applied if the orbit of an object is known, hence its position at the time of the observation. We present MIRI observations of the outer-belt asteroid 10920 and an unknown object, detected in all 9 MIRI bands in close proximity to 10920. We developed a new method "STM-ORBIT" to interpret the multi-band measurements without knowing the obj…
Hot Rocks Survey V: Secondary Eclipse Photometry of GJ 3473 b with JWST/MIRI
Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；Technical University of Denmark（丹麦技术大学）；University of Southampton（南安普顿大学）；University of Bern（伯尔尼大学）；Johns Hopkins University（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学）；Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin（都柏林三一学院，都柏林大学）
Simultaneous retrieval of orbital phase resolved JWST/MIRI emission spectra of the hot Jupiter WASP-43b: evidence of water, ammonia and carbon monoxide
First Demonstration of Kernel Phase Interferometry on JWST/MIRI: Prospects for Future Planet Searches Around Post Main Sequence Stars
University of California, Irvine（加州大学尔湾分校）；University of California, Santa Cruz（加州大学圣克鲁兹分校）；University of Texas at Austin（德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校）；University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学）
The Medium Resolution Spectrometer on board JWST/MIRI will give access to mid-IR spectra while retaining spatial information. With the unparalleled sensitivity of JWST and the MIRI detectors, the MRS has the potential to revolutionise our understanding of giant exoplanet atmospheres. Molecular mapping is a promising detection and characterisation technique used to study the spectra of directly imaged exoplanets. We aim to examine the feasibility and application of this technique to MRS observations. We used the instrument simulator MIRISIM to create mock observations of resolved star and exopl…
Young giant planets are the best targets for characterization with direct imaging. The Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) of the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) of the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will give access to the first spectroscopic data for direct imaging above 5 $μ$m with unprecedented sensitivity at a spectral resolution up to 3700. This will provide a valuable complement to near-infrared data from ground-based instruments for characterizing these objects. We aim to evaluate the performance of MIRI/MRS to detect molecules in the atmosphere of exoplanets and t…
Inspecting Cloudy Substellar Atmospheres with JWST MIRI Synthetic Magnitudes from Spitzer Mid-infrared Spectra
Department of Physics, Graduate Center, City University of New York（纽约市立大学研究生中心物理系）；Department of Astronomy, Columbia University（哥伦比亚大学天文学系）；Department of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History（美国自然历史博物馆天体物理学系）；School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin（都柏林三一学院物理学院，都柏林大学）；Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western University（韦仕敦大学物理与天文系）；Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, Western University（韦仕敦大学地球与太空探索研究所）；Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College, City University of New York（纽约市立大学亨特学院物理与天文系）
A Binary Flux Calibrator Reveals the Scientific Potential of Short-integration JWST MIRI Imaging to Directly Detect sub-Jupiter Exoplanets
Eureka Scientific Inc.（Eureka科学公司）；University of Michigan（密歇根大学）；Max Planck Institute for Astronomy（马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所）；University of California Santa Cruz（加州大学圣克鲁兹分校）；Massachusetts Institute of Technology（麻省理工学院）；Johns Hopkins APL（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室）
Protoplanetary disk cavities with JWST-MIRI: a dichotomy in molecular emission
Texas State University（德克萨斯州立大学）；Vassar College（瓦瑟学院）；University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学）；Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London（伦敦大学学院穆拉德空间科学实验室）；NSF’s NOIRLab（美国国家科学基金会NOIR实验室）；Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院喷气推进实验室）；University of Exeter（埃克塞特大学）；California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院）；Université Paris-Saclay（巴黎萨克雷大学）
The origin of complex organic molecules (COMs) in young Class 0 protostars has been one of the major questions in astrochemistry and star formation. While COMs are thought to form on icy dust grains via gas-grain chemistry, observational constraints on their formation pathways have been limited to gas-phase detection. Sensitive mid-infrared spectroscopy with JWST enables unprecedented investigation of COM formation by measuring their ice absorption features. We present an overview of JWST/MIRI MRS spectroscopy and imaging of a young Class 0 protostar, IRAS 15398-3359, and identify several majo…
We observed a full-orbit phase curve of the hot Jupiter WASP-43b with MIRI/LRS as part of the Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program. Here we report preliminary findings for the instrument performance from the team's MIRI Working Group. Overall we find that MIRI's performance for phase curve observations is excellent, with a few minor caveats. The key takeaways for Cycle 2 planning with MIRI/LRS are: (1) long-duration observations (> 24 hours) have now been successfully executed; (2) for phase curves, we recommend including a one-hour burn-in period prior to taking scienc…
JWST MIRI reveals a potential atmosphere on the ultra-hot rocky planet TOI-431b
University of Maryland（马里兰大学）；University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）；Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC)（安达卢西亚天体物理研究所）；University of Birmingham（伯明翰大学）；Carnegie Science（卡内基科学研究所）；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；Peking University（北京大学）
JWST/MIRI Imaging Search for Kinematically Detected Protoplanetary Candidates
University of Zürich（苏黎世大学）；Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)（马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所）；Massachusetts Institute of Technology（麻省理工学院）；Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité（巴黎天文台，巴黎文理研究大学，法国国家科学研究中心，索邦大学，巴黎第七大学，巴黎索邦城）；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；Johns Hopkins University（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学）；ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics（苏黎世联邦理工学院，粒子物理与天体物理研究所）
A Characterization of JWST MIRI Detector Persistence and Implications for High-Contrast Imaging
University of Michigan（密歇根大学）；Massachusetts Institute of Technology（麻省理工学院）；Eureka Scientific Inc.（尤里卡科学公司）；JHU Applied Physics Laboratory（约翰霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室）
The upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will dramatically increase our understanding of exoplanets, particularly through direct imaging. Microlensing and radial velocity surveys indicate that some M-dwarfs host long period giant planets. Some of these planets will likely be just a few parsecs away and a few AU from their host stars, a parameter space that cannot be probed by existing high-contrast imagers. We studied whether the coronagraphs on the Mid-Infrared Instrument on JWST can detect Jovian-type planets around nearby M-dwarfs. For a sample of 27 very nearby M-dwarfs…
EX Lup is a low-mass pre-main sequence star that occasionally shows accretion-related outbursts. Here, we present JWST/MIRI medium resolution spectroscopy obtained for EX Lup fourteen years after its powerful outburst. EX Lup is now in quiescence and displays a Class II spectrum. We detect a forest of emission lines from molecules previously identified in infrared spectra of classical T Tauri disks: H2O, OH, H2, HCN, C2H2, and CO2. The detection of organic molecules demonstrates that they are back after disappearing during the large outburst. Spectral lines from water and OH are for the first …
Characterization of directly imaged exoplanets is one of the most eagerly anticipated science functions of the James Webb Space Telescope. MIRI, the mid-IR instrument has the capability to provide unique spatially resolved photometric data points in a spectral range never achieved so far for such objects. We aim to present the very first on-sky contrast measurements of the MIRI's coronagraphs. In addition to a classical Lyot coronagraph at the longest wavelength, this observing mode implements the concept of the four quadrant phase mask for the very first time in a space telescope. We observed…
Coordinated Space and Ground-Based Monitoring of Accretion Bursts in a Protoplanetary Disk: Establishing Mid-Infrared Hydrogen Lines as Accretion Diagnostics for JWST-MIRI
本文利用 JWST-MIRI 对 DQ Tau 双星系统三个轨道周期的协调监测，首次确立并校准了中红外氢复合线作为原行星盘吸积光度诊断指标，并据此为 38 个已发表的原行星盘 MRS 光谱档案样本提供了吸积光度。
Silicate Clouds, SiO, and Molecular Trends across the L-T Sequence: A JWST/MIRI LRS Spectral Library of Brown Dwarfs
The University of Western Ontario（韦仕敦大学）；American Museum of Natural History（美国自然历史博物馆）；Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA（天体生物学中心，CSIC-INTA）；Université de Montréal（蒙特利尔大学）
A new window in time: a mid-infrared slit spectroscopy mode for precision time-series astronomy with JWST/MIRI
Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；AURA for the European Space Agency (ESA), Space Telescope Science Institute（为欧洲空间局（ESA）工作的美国大学研究协会，太空望远镜科学研究所）；Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM（巴黎萨克雷大学，巴黎西岱大学，法国原子能和替代能源委员会，法国国家科学研究中心，天体物理学分子图像实验室）；European Space Agency, Space Telescope Science Institute（欧洲空间局，太空望远镜科学研究所）；Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)（加那利群岛天体物理研究所）；Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)（拉帕拉马大学天体物理学系）；Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC)（安达卢西亚天体物理研究所）；SRON Space Research Organisation Netherlands（荷兰空间研究组织）
The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems. VII. Molecular Mapping Performance with JWST/MIRI MRS: VHS 1256 b as a case study
Johns Hopkins University（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学）；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；Observatoire de Paris（巴黎天文台）；CNRS（法国国家科学研究中心）；Sorbonne Université（索邦大学）；Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux（波尔多天体物理学实验室）
The Volatile Inventory of 3I/ATLAS as seen with JWST/MIRI
California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院）；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；Eureka Scientific（尤里卡科学）；Auburn University（奥本大学）；Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室）
A Next-Generation Exoplanet Atmospheric Retrieval Framework for Transmission Spectroscopy (NEXOTRANS): Comparative Characterization for WASP-39 b Using JWST NIRISS, NIRSpec PRISM, and MIRI Observations
JWST-MIRI's multi-dimensional view of mass loss in the irradiated disks of NGC 1977
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian（哈佛-史密森天体物理中心）；Steward Observatory, University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台）；Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院喷气推进实验室）；Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院地质与行星科学系）；Astronomy Unit, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London（伦敦玛丽女王大学物理与天文学系天文学组）；Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, The University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学月球与行星实验室）；National Radio Astronomy Observatory（国家射电天文台）
JWST/MIRI Finds ISM-like Amorphous Silicates in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院）；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室）；University of California San Diego（加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校）；Eureka Scientific（尤里卡科学公司）；Jet Propulsion Laboratory（喷气推进实验室）
