Statistical trends in JWST transiting exoplanet atmospheres
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| author | Fu, Guangwei Stevenson, Kevin B. Sing, David K. Mukherjee, Sagnick Welbanks, Luis Thorngren, Daniel Tsai, Shang-Min Gao, Peter Lothringer, Joshua Beatty, Thomas G. Gapp, Cyril Evans-Soma, Thomas M. Allart, Romain Pelletier, Stefan Thao, Pa Chia Mann, Andrew W. |
| author_facet | Fu, Guangwei Stevenson, Kevin B. Sing, David K. Mukherjee, Sagnick Welbanks, Luis Thorngren, Daniel Tsai, Shang-Min Gao, Peter Lothringer, Joshua Beatty, Thomas G. Gapp, Cyril Evans-Soma, Thomas M. Allart, Romain Pelletier, Stefan Thao, Pa Chia Mann, Andrew W. |
| contents | Our brains are hardwired for pattern recognition as correlations are useful for predicting and understanding nature. As more exoplanet atmospheres are being characterized with JWST, we are starting to unveil their properties on a population level. Here we present a framework for comparing exoplanet transmission spectroscopy from 3 to 5$μ$m with four bands: L (2.9 - 3.7$μ$m), SO$_2$ (3.95 - 4.1$μ$m), CO$_2$ (4.25 - 4.4$μ$m) and CO (4.5 - 4.9$μ$m). Together, the four bands cover the major carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur-bearing molecules including H$_2$O, CH$_4$, NH$_3$, H$_2$S, SO$_2$, CO$_2$, and CO. Among the eight high-precision gas giant exoplanet planet spectra we collected, we found strong correlations between the SO$_2$-L index and planet mass (r=-0.41$\pm$0.09) and temperature (r=-0.64$\pm$0.08), indicating SO$_2$ preferably exists (SO$_2$-L$>$-0.5) among low mass ($\sim<$0.3M$_J$) and cooler ($\sim<$1200K) targets. We also observe strong temperature dependency for both CO$_2$-L and CO-L indices. Under equilibrium chemistry and isothermal thermal structure assumptions, we find that the planet sample favors super-solar metallicity and low C/O ratio ($<$0.7). In addition, the presence of a mass-metallicity correlation is favored over uniform metallicity with the eight planets. We further introduce the SO$_2$-L versus CO$_2$-L diagram alike the color-magnitude diagram for stars and brown dwarfs. All reported trends here will be testable and be further quantified with existing and future JWST observations within the next few years. |
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| spellingShingle | Statistical trends in JWST transiting exoplanet atmospheres Fu, Guangwei Stevenson, Kevin B. Sing, David K. Mukherjee, Sagnick Welbanks, Luis Thorngren, Daniel Tsai, Shang-Min Gao, Peter Lothringer, Joshua Beatty, Thomas G. Gapp, Cyril Evans-Soma, Thomas M. Allart, Romain Pelletier, Stefan Thao, Pa Chia Mann, Andrew W. Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Our brains are hardwired for pattern recognition as correlations are useful for predicting and understanding nature. As more exoplanet atmospheres are being characterized with JWST, we are starting to unveil their properties on a population level. Here we present a framework for comparing exoplanet transmission spectroscopy from 3 to 5$μ$m with four bands: L (2.9 - 3.7$μ$m), SO$_2$ (3.95 - 4.1$μ$m), CO$_2$ (4.25 - 4.4$μ$m) and CO (4.5 - 4.9$μ$m). Together, the four bands cover the major carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur-bearing molecules including H$_2$O, CH$_4$, NH$_3$, H$_2$S, SO$_2$, CO$_2$, and CO. Among the eight high-precision gas giant exoplanet planet spectra we collected, we found strong correlations between the SO$_2$-L index and planet mass (r=-0.41$\pm$0.09) and temperature (r=-0.64$\pm$0.08), indicating SO$_2$ preferably exists (SO$_2$-L$>$-0.5) among low mass ($\sim<$0.3M$_J$) and cooler ($\sim<$1200K) targets. We also observe strong temperature dependency for both CO$_2$-L and CO-L indices. Under equilibrium chemistry and isothermal thermal structure assumptions, we find that the planet sample favors super-solar metallicity and low C/O ratio ($<$0.7). In addition, the presence of a mass-metallicity correlation is favored over uniform metallicity with the eight planets. We further introduce the SO$_2$-L versus CO$_2$-L diagram alike the color-magnitude diagram for stars and brown dwarfs. All reported trends here will be testable and be further quantified with existing and future JWST observations within the next few years. |
| title | Statistical trends in JWST transiting exoplanet atmospheres |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02081 |