Multiple Clues for Dayside Aerosols and Temperature Gradients in WASP-69 b from a Panchromatic JWST Emission Spectrum

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Autores principales: Schlawin, Everett, Mukherjee, Sagnick, Ohno, Kazumasa, Bell, Taylor, Beatty, Thomas G., Greene, Thomas P., Line, Michael, Challener, Ryan C., Parmentier, Vivien, Fortney, Jonathan J., Rauscher, Emily, Wiser, Lindsey, Welbanks, Luis, Murphy, Matthew, Edelman, Isaac, Batalha, Natasha, Moran, Sarah E., Mehta, Nishil, Rieke, Marcia
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author Schlawin, Everett
Mukherjee, Sagnick
Ohno, Kazumasa
Bell, Taylor
Beatty, Thomas G.
Greene, Thomas P.
Line, Michael
Challener, Ryan C.
Parmentier, Vivien
Fortney, Jonathan J.
Rauscher, Emily
Wiser, Lindsey
Welbanks, Luis
Murphy, Matthew
Edelman, Isaac
Batalha, Natasha
Moran, Sarah E.
Mehta, Nishil
Rieke, Marcia
author_facet Schlawin, Everett
Mukherjee, Sagnick
Ohno, Kazumasa
Bell, Taylor
Beatty, Thomas G.
Greene, Thomas P.
Line, Michael
Challener, Ryan C.
Parmentier, Vivien
Fortney, Jonathan J.
Rauscher, Emily
Wiser, Lindsey
Welbanks, Luis
Murphy, Matthew
Edelman, Isaac
Batalha, Natasha
Moran, Sarah E.
Mehta, Nishil
Rieke, Marcia
contents WASP-69 b is a hot, inflated, Saturn-mass planet 0.26 Mjup with a zero-albedo equilibrium temperature of 963 K. Here, we report the JWST 2 to 12 um emission spectrum of the planet consisting of two eclipses observed with NIRCam grism time series and one eclipse observed with MIRI LRS. The emission spectrum shows absorption features of water vapor, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, but no strong evidence for methane. WASP-69 b's emission spectrum is poorly fit by cloud-free homogeneous models. We find three possible model scenarios for the planet: 1) a Scattering Model that raises the brightness at short wavelengths with a free Geometric Albedo parameter 2) a Cloud Layer model that includes high altitude silicate aerosols to moderate long wavelength emission and 3) a Two-Region model that includes significant dayside inhomogeneity and cloud opacity with two different temperature-pressure profiles. In all cases, aerosols are needed to fit the spectrum of the planet. The Scattering model requires an unexpectedly high Geometric Albedo of 0.64. Our atmospheric retrievals indicate inefficient redistribution of heat and an inhomogeneous dayside distribution, which is tentatively supported by MIRI LRS broadband eclipse maps that show a central concentration of brightness. Our more plausible models (2 and 3) retrieve chemical abundances enriched in heavy elements relative to solar composition by 6x to 14x solar and a C/O ratio of 0.65 to 0.94, whereas the less plausible highly reflective scenario (1) retrieves a slightly lower metallicity and lower C/O ratio.
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spellingShingle Multiple Clues for Dayside Aerosols and Temperature Gradients in WASP-69 b from a Panchromatic JWST Emission Spectrum
Schlawin, Everett
Mukherjee, Sagnick
Ohno, Kazumasa
Bell, Taylor
Beatty, Thomas G.
Greene, Thomas P.
Line, Michael
Challener, Ryan C.
Parmentier, Vivien
Fortney, Jonathan J.
Rauscher, Emily
Wiser, Lindsey
Welbanks, Luis
Murphy, Matthew
Edelman, Isaac
Batalha, Natasha
Moran, Sarah E.
Mehta, Nishil
Rieke, Marcia
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
WASP-69 b is a hot, inflated, Saturn-mass planet 0.26 Mjup with a zero-albedo equilibrium temperature of 963 K. Here, we report the JWST 2 to 12 um emission spectrum of the planet consisting of two eclipses observed with NIRCam grism time series and one eclipse observed with MIRI LRS. The emission spectrum shows absorption features of water vapor, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, but no strong evidence for methane. WASP-69 b's emission spectrum is poorly fit by cloud-free homogeneous models. We find three possible model scenarios for the planet: 1) a Scattering Model that raises the brightness at short wavelengths with a free Geometric Albedo parameter 2) a Cloud Layer model that includes high altitude silicate aerosols to moderate long wavelength emission and 3) a Two-Region model that includes significant dayside inhomogeneity and cloud opacity with two different temperature-pressure profiles. In all cases, aerosols are needed to fit the spectrum of the planet. The Scattering model requires an unexpectedly high Geometric Albedo of 0.64. Our atmospheric retrievals indicate inefficient redistribution of heat and an inhomogeneous dayside distribution, which is tentatively supported by MIRI LRS broadband eclipse maps that show a central concentration of brightness. Our more plausible models (2 and 3) retrieve chemical abundances enriched in heavy elements relative to solar composition by 6x to 14x solar and a C/O ratio of 0.65 to 0.94, whereas the less plausible highly reflective scenario (1) retrieves a slightly lower metallicity and lower C/O ratio.
title Multiple Clues for Dayside Aerosols and Temperature Gradients in WASP-69 b from a Panchromatic JWST Emission Spectrum
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15543