行星质量伴星Ross 458C自转调制的多历元稳定性
Multi-Epoch Stability in the Rotational Modulation of the Planetary-Mass Companion Ross 458C
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中文总结 AI 辅助
本研究通过JWST/NIRSpec观测行星质量伴星Ross 458C,发现其光变曲线与7.5年前HST数据高度相似,测得自转周期11.57小时,证实先前周期为二次谐波,表明其大气天气模式稳定。
中文摘要 AI 辅助
在所有光谱类型的褐矮星中都探测到了光谱变化,这表明褐矮星大气中存在大气斑块状结构。我们展示了T8.0型行星质量伴星Ross 458C的JWST/NIRSpec时域序列观测。我们将推导出的光谱变化和光变曲线与7.5年前使用HST/WFC3观测获得并由Manjavacas等人(2019年)发表的结果进行了比较。我们发现Ross 458C的光变曲线在两个历元中在形状和变化幅度方面非常相似,这可能由稳定的天气模式所产生。我们测量到自转周期为11.57±0.09小时,表明先前报道的HST/WFC3周期6.75±1.58小时很可能是由未分辨的双峰自转调制产生的二次谐波,这可能是由于HST/WFC3光变曲线的较高不确定性和那些观测的短时间基线所致。我们仅使用HST/WFC3覆盖的波长范围(1.10-1.63微米)计算了白光光变曲线的变化幅度,得到的值为1.47±0.18%,这与HST/WFC3光变曲线中测得的值一致。
英文摘要
Spectroscopic variability is detected in brown dwarfs across all spectral types, suggesting atmospheric patchiness in brown dwarf atmospheres. We present JWST/NIRSpec time series observations of the T8.0 planetary-mass companion Ross 458C. We compared our derived spectral variability and light curve to those obtained using HST/WFC3 observations more than 7.5 yr before and published by Manjavacas et al. (2019). We found that the light curve of Ross 458C is remarkably similar in the two epochs in terms of shape and variability amplitude potentially created by stable weather patterns. We measured a rotational period of 11.57+\-0.09 hr, demonstrating that the previously reported HST/WFC3 period of 6.75+\-1.58 hr is most likely a second-order harmonic produced by an unresolved double-peaked rotational modulation, likely due to the higher uncertainties of the HST/WFC3 light curve and the short time baseline of those observations. We measured the variability amplitude in the white light curve created using only the wavelength range covered by HST/WFC3 (1.10-1.63 micron), obtaining a value of 1.47+\-0.18%, which is consistent with that measured in the HST/WFC3 light curve.
发表机构
- AURA for the European Space Agency (ESA), ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute(欧洲空间局(ESA)办公室,太空望远镜科学研究所)
- Johns Hopkins University(约翰斯·霍普金斯大学)
- Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA(西班牙国家航空航天技术研究所/天文生物中心)
- University of Central Florida(中佛罗里达大学)
- Bay Area Environmental Research Institute(湾区环境研究所)
- NASA Ames Research Center(美国国家航空航天局艾姆斯研究中心)
- University of Rochester(罗切斯特大学)
- University of Virginia(弗吉尼亚大学)
- The University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学)
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