BOWIE-ALIGN: Sub-solar C/O ratio and metallicity atmosphere of the misaligned hot Jupiter HAT-P-30b

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Autori principali: Claringbold, Alastair B., Fisher, Chloe E., Kirk, James, Ahrer, Eva-Maria, Penzlin, Anna B. T., Thorngren, Daniel P., López-Morales, Mercedes, Wheatley, Peter J., Alderson, Lili, Booth, Richard A., Christie, Duncan A., Fairman, Charlotte, Mayne, Nathan J., McCormack, Mason, Meech, Annabella, Owen, James E., Panwar, Vatsal, Sergeev, Denis E., Valentine, Daniel, Wakeford, Hannah R., Zamyatina, Maria
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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author Claringbold, Alastair B.
Fisher, Chloe E.
Kirk, James
Ahrer, Eva-Maria
Penzlin, Anna B. T.
Thorngren, Daniel P.
López-Morales, Mercedes
Wheatley, Peter J.
Alderson, Lili
Booth, Richard A.
Christie, Duncan A.
Fairman, Charlotte
Mayne, Nathan J.
McCormack, Mason
Meech, Annabella
Owen, James E.
Panwar, Vatsal
Sergeev, Denis E.
Valentine, Daniel
Wakeford, Hannah R.
Zamyatina, Maria
author_facet Claringbold, Alastair B.
Fisher, Chloe E.
Kirk, James
Ahrer, Eva-Maria
Penzlin, Anna B. T.
Thorngren, Daniel P.
López-Morales, Mercedes
Wheatley, Peter J.
Alderson, Lili
Booth, Richard A.
Christie, Duncan A.
Fairman, Charlotte
Mayne, Nathan J.
McCormack, Mason
Meech, Annabella
Owen, James E.
Panwar, Vatsal
Sergeev, Denis E.
Valentine, Daniel
Wakeford, Hannah R.
Zamyatina, Maria
contents We present the JWST NIRSpec/G395H transmission spectrum of the misaligned hot Jupiter HAT-P-30b from 2.8--5.2 $μ$m as part of the BOWIE-ALIGN survey, a comparative survey designed to probe the link between planet formation and atmospheric composition in samples of misaligned and aligned hot Jupiters orbiting F-type stars. Through independent data reductions and retrieval analyses, we find evidence for absorption features of H$_2$O and CO$_2$ in the atmosphere of HAT-P-30b. Our retrieved abundances are consistent with equilibrium chemistry, from which we infer a sub-solar C/O ratio (0.16--0.45), and sub-solar and sub-stellar metallicity (0.2--0.8$\times$solar, compared to a stellar metallicity of 1.1--1.6$\times$solar), with muted spectral features. This composition challenges formation models of continuous migration and accretion within a steady disc of stellar metallicity, and could be the result of low C/O ratio gas accretion within the water ice line, low metallicity accretion due to the trapping of volatiles further out in the disc, or the combined accretion of low metallicity gas and carbon-poor solids.
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spellingShingle BOWIE-ALIGN: Sub-solar C/O ratio and metallicity atmosphere of the misaligned hot Jupiter HAT-P-30b
Claringbold, Alastair B.
Fisher, Chloe E.
Kirk, James
Ahrer, Eva-Maria
Penzlin, Anna B. T.
Thorngren, Daniel P.
López-Morales, Mercedes
Wheatley, Peter J.
Alderson, Lili
Booth, Richard A.
Christie, Duncan A.
Fairman, Charlotte
Mayne, Nathan J.
McCormack, Mason
Meech, Annabella
Owen, James E.
Panwar, Vatsal
Sergeev, Denis E.
Valentine, Daniel
Wakeford, Hannah R.
Zamyatina, Maria
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
We present the JWST NIRSpec/G395H transmission spectrum of the misaligned hot Jupiter HAT-P-30b from 2.8--5.2 $μ$m as part of the BOWIE-ALIGN survey, a comparative survey designed to probe the link between planet formation and atmospheric composition in samples of misaligned and aligned hot Jupiters orbiting F-type stars. Through independent data reductions and retrieval analyses, we find evidence for absorption features of H$_2$O and CO$_2$ in the atmosphere of HAT-P-30b. Our retrieved abundances are consistent with equilibrium chemistry, from which we infer a sub-solar C/O ratio (0.16--0.45), and sub-solar and sub-stellar metallicity (0.2--0.8$\times$solar, compared to a stellar metallicity of 1.1--1.6$\times$solar), with muted spectral features. This composition challenges formation models of continuous migration and accretion within a steady disc of stellar metallicity, and could be the result of low C/O ratio gas accretion within the water ice line, low metallicity accretion due to the trapping of volatiles further out in the disc, or the combined accretion of low metallicity gas and carbon-poor solids.
title BOWIE-ALIGN: Sub-solar C/O ratio and metallicity atmosphere of the misaligned hot Jupiter HAT-P-30b
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.13104