JWST-TST DREAMS: Quartz Clouds in the Atmosphere of WASP-17b
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| author | Grant, David Lewis, Nikole K. Wakeford, Hannah R. Batalha, Natasha E. Glidden, Ana Goyal, Jayesh Mullens, Elijah MacDonald, Ryan J. May, Erin M. Seager, Sara Stevenson, Kevin B. Valenti, Jeff A. Visscher, Channon Alderson, Lili Allen, Natalie H. Cañas, Caleb I. Colón, Knicole Clampin, Mark Espinoza, Néstor Gressier, Amélie Huang, Jingcheng Lin, Zifan Long, Douglas Louie, Dana R. Peña-Guerrero, Maria Ranjan, Sukrit Sotzen, Kristin S. Valentine, Daniel Anderson, Jay Balmer, William O. Bellini, Andrea Hoch, Kielan K. W. Kammerer, Jens Libralato, Mattia Mountain, C. Matt Perrin, Marshall D. Pueyo, Laurent Rickman, Emily Rebollido, Isabel Sohn, Sangmo Tony van der Marel, Roeland P. Watkins, Laura L. |
| author_facet | Grant, David Lewis, Nikole K. Wakeford, Hannah R. Batalha, Natasha E. Glidden, Ana Goyal, Jayesh Mullens, Elijah MacDonald, Ryan J. May, Erin M. Seager, Sara Stevenson, Kevin B. Valenti, Jeff A. Visscher, Channon Alderson, Lili Allen, Natalie H. Cañas, Caleb I. Colón, Knicole Clampin, Mark Espinoza, Néstor Gressier, Amélie Huang, Jingcheng Lin, Zifan Long, Douglas Louie, Dana R. Peña-Guerrero, Maria Ranjan, Sukrit Sotzen, Kristin S. Valentine, Daniel Anderson, Jay Balmer, William O. Bellini, Andrea Hoch, Kielan K. W. Kammerer, Jens Libralato, Mattia Mountain, C. Matt Perrin, Marshall D. Pueyo, Laurent Rickman, Emily Rebollido, Isabel Sohn, Sangmo Tony van der Marel, Roeland P. Watkins, Laura L. |
| contents | Clouds are prevalent in many of the exoplanet atmospheres that have been observed to date. For transiting exoplanets, we know if clouds are present because they mute spectral features and cause wavelength-dependent scattering. While the exact composition of these clouds is largely unknown, this information is vital to understanding the chemistry and energy budget of planetary atmospheres. In this work, we observe one transit of the hot Jupiter WASP-17b with JWST's MIRI LRS and generate a transmission spectrum from 5-12 $\rmμ$m. These wavelengths allow us to probe absorption due to the vibrational modes of various predicted cloud species. Our transmission spectrum shows additional opacity centered at 8.6 $\rmμ$m, and detailed atmospheric modeling and retrievals identify this feature as SiO$_2$(s) (quartz) clouds. The SiO$_2$(s) clouds model is preferred at 3.5-4.2$σ$ versus a cloud-free model and at 2.6$σ$ versus a generic aerosol prescription. We find the SiO$_2$(s) clouds are comprised of small ${\sim}0.01$ $\rmμ$m particles, which extend to high altitudes in the atmosphere. The atmosphere also shows a depletion of H$_2$O, a finding consistent with the formation of high-temperature aerosols from oxygen-rich species. This work is part of a series of studies by our JWST Telescope Scientist Team (JWST-TST), in which we will use Guaranteed Time Observations to perform Deep Reconnaissance of Exoplanet Atmospheres through Multi-instrument Spectroscopy (DREAMS). |
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| spellingShingle | JWST-TST DREAMS: Quartz Clouds in the Atmosphere of WASP-17b Grant, David Lewis, Nikole K. Wakeford, Hannah R. Batalha, Natasha E. Glidden, Ana Goyal, Jayesh Mullens, Elijah MacDonald, Ryan J. May, Erin M. Seager, Sara Stevenson, Kevin B. Valenti, Jeff A. Visscher, Channon Alderson, Lili Allen, Natalie H. Cañas, Caleb I. Colón, Knicole Clampin, Mark Espinoza, Néstor Gressier, Amélie Huang, Jingcheng Lin, Zifan Long, Douglas Louie, Dana R. Peña-Guerrero, Maria Ranjan, Sukrit Sotzen, Kristin S. Valentine, Daniel Anderson, Jay Balmer, William O. Bellini, Andrea Hoch, Kielan K. W. Kammerer, Jens Libralato, Mattia Mountain, C. Matt Perrin, Marshall D. Pueyo, Laurent Rickman, Emily Rebollido, Isabel Sohn, Sangmo Tony van der Marel, Roeland P. Watkins, Laura L. Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Clouds are prevalent in many of the exoplanet atmospheres that have been observed to date. For transiting exoplanets, we know if clouds are present because they mute spectral features and cause wavelength-dependent scattering. While the exact composition of these clouds is largely unknown, this information is vital to understanding the chemistry and energy budget of planetary atmospheres. In this work, we observe one transit of the hot Jupiter WASP-17b with JWST's MIRI LRS and generate a transmission spectrum from 5-12 $\rmμ$m. These wavelengths allow us to probe absorption due to the vibrational modes of various predicted cloud species. Our transmission spectrum shows additional opacity centered at 8.6 $\rmμ$m, and detailed atmospheric modeling and retrievals identify this feature as SiO$_2$(s) (quartz) clouds. The SiO$_2$(s) clouds model is preferred at 3.5-4.2$σ$ versus a cloud-free model and at 2.6$σ$ versus a generic aerosol prescription. We find the SiO$_2$(s) clouds are comprised of small ${\sim}0.01$ $\rmμ$m particles, which extend to high altitudes in the atmosphere. The atmosphere also shows a depletion of H$_2$O, a finding consistent with the formation of high-temperature aerosols from oxygen-rich species. This work is part of a series of studies by our JWST Telescope Scientist Team (JWST-TST), in which we will use Guaranteed Time Observations to perform Deep Reconnaissance of Exoplanet Atmospheres through Multi-instrument Spectroscopy (DREAMS). |
| title | JWST-TST DREAMS: Quartz Clouds in the Atmosphere of WASP-17b |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.08637 |