arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 2602.22329astro-ph.EP
收藏

JWST COMPASS:TOI-260 b半径谷行星的NIRSpec G395H传输光谱

JWST COMPASS: A NIRSpec G395H Transmission Spectrum of Radius Valley-Dweller TOI-260 b

Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science(卡内基科学研究所地球与行星实验室);Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所);Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico(新墨西哥大学物理与天文系);The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science(卡内基科学研究所天文台);Eureka Scientific, Inc.(尤里卡科学公司);NASA Ames Research Center(NASA艾姆斯研究中心);School of Physics, University of Bristol(布里斯托尔大学物理学院)
Annabella Meech, Peter Gao, Nicole L. Wallack, Mercedes López-Morales, Dominic Oddo, Johanna Teske, Diana Dragomir, Angie Wolfgang, Nicholas Wogan, Hannah R. Wa… 展开作者

Annabella Meech, Peter Gao, Nicole L. Wallack, Mercedes López-Morales, Dominic Oddo, Johanna Teske, Diana Dragomir, Angie Wolfgang, Nicholas Wogan, Hannah R. Wakeford, Sarah E. Moran, James Kirk, Tyler A. Gordon, Anna Gagnebin, Natasha E. Batalha, Natalie M. Batalha, Lili Alderson, Munazza K. Alam, Artyom Aguichine

AI总结:

JWST COMPASS项目获取TOI-260 b的传输光谱,发现可能的特征并分析其大气成分,未检测到明确分子信号,但约束了大气金属度。

摘要:

我们呈现了JWST/NIRSpec G395H仪器获取的TOI-260 b传输光谱,这是一颗温度约490 K、半径1.76 R_⊕的行星。该传输光谱通过结合两次凌日观测数据获得,这些观测是JWST COMPASS计划的一部分。我们实现了两次观测中均值凌日深度精度均为37 ppm,结合两次观测的光谱光变曲线得到中位数精度为26 ppm。采用30像素宽(R≈200)的光谱分束方案,发现传输光谱整体特征较弱,可能在3.17 μm处存在一个特征。我们通过一系列非参数模型评估传输光谱中特征的显著性,确认NRS1通带内存在潜在特征,并发现NRS1和NRS2探测器之间存在偏移。为研究TOI-260 b的大气成分,我们运行了一系列PLATON反演。未检测到明显的分子特征,但两次观测的联合数据足以将大气金属度约束到大于太阳值的200倍,假设没有遮挡层≤2.5 mbar。我们还研究了3.17 μm附近潜在特征的成因;虽然发现了一些可能的气体物种,但无法完全排除天文成因,但考虑到特征强度和位置的变化,我们怀疑其成因是系统误差。总体而言,对TOI-260 b的观测补充了半径谷行星的小样本,这些行星似乎在大气成分上表现出多样性。确定这些神秘行星的真实性质需要更大的望远镜时间投入。

英文摘要:

We present a JWST/NIRSpec G395H transmission spectrum of TOI-260 b, a $T_\mathrm{eq}\sim 490$ K, $R_\mathrm{p} = 1.76\,R_\oplus$ planet. The transmission spectrum is derived by combining two transit observations, collected as part of the JWST COMPASS program. We achieved the same median transit depth precision of 37 ppm in both visits, and a median precision of 26 ppm when combining the spectroscopic light curves from the two visits. Implementing a 30-pixel-wide ($R\sim 200$) spectroscopic binning scheme, we find that the transmission spectrum is mostly featureless, with a possible feature around 3.17 $μ$m. We assess the significance of any features in the transmission spectrum with a suite of non-parametric models, which confirm the presence of a potential feature in the NRS1 bandpass and an offset between the NRS1 and NRS2 detectors. To investigate the atmospheric composition of TOI-260 b, we run a series of PLATON retrievals. We do not detect any clear molecular signatures, but the combined data from the two visits are sufficient to constrain the atmospheric metallicity to greater than $200\times$ solar, assuming no opaque deck $\lesssim2.5$ mbar. We also investigate causes of the potential feature near 3.17 $μ$m; while we find some compatible gaseous species and cannot fully discard an astrophysical origin, we suspect a systematics origin due to the variance in strength and position of the feature. Overall, this look at TOI-260 b adds to the small sample of radius-valley planets, which already seem to show a diversity in their atmospheric compositions. Determining the true nature of these enigmatic planets will require a larger telescope time investment.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑