Photochemical CS$_2$ Gas Detected on a 20-Myr-old Exoplanet
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| author | Dai, Fei Petigura, Erik Livingston, John Wogan, Nicholas Mukherjee, Sagnick Hu, Zhecheng Crossfield, Ian J. M. Owen, James Masuda, Kento |
| author_facet | Dai, Fei Petigura, Erik Livingston, John Wogan, Nicholas Mukherjee, Sagnick Hu, Zhecheng Crossfield, Ian J. M. Owen, James Masuda, Kento |
| contents | Probing the atmospheres of young exoplanets offers a powerful window into how planetary systems evolve and the physical and chemical processes that drive those early evolutions. We present JWST/NIRSpec transmission spectroscopy of V1298 Tau e, a $\sim$20-Myr-old, $\sim$15-$M_\oplus$ planet with a Jupiter-like radius orbiting a young Sun-like star. We identified carbon disulfide (CS$_2$) in its atmosphere at $>$8$σ$ significance based on spectral features between 4.3 and 4.7~$μ$m. Photochemical forward models show that the inferred CS$_2$ abundance is physically plausible in an H/He-dominated atmosphere exposed to intense ultraviolet irradiation. The atmosphere of V1298 Tau e is strikingly different from its nearest neighboring planet b, whose atmosphere shows SO$_2$ rather than CS$_2$. These observations demonstrate that even planets within the same system can occupy distinct photochemical regimes. Our results further provide empirical evidence for complex sulfur photochemistry in exoplanet atmospheres in general and may also point to divergent formation or evolutionary pathways within the same planetary system. |
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| spellingShingle | Photochemical CS$_2$ Gas Detected on a 20-Myr-old Exoplanet Dai, Fei Petigura, Erik Livingston, John Wogan, Nicholas Mukherjee, Sagnick Hu, Zhecheng Crossfield, Ian J. M. Owen, James Masuda, Kento Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Probing the atmospheres of young exoplanets offers a powerful window into how planetary systems evolve and the physical and chemical processes that drive those early evolutions. We present JWST/NIRSpec transmission spectroscopy of V1298 Tau e, a $\sim$20-Myr-old, $\sim$15-$M_\oplus$ planet with a Jupiter-like radius orbiting a young Sun-like star. We identified carbon disulfide (CS$_2$) in its atmosphere at $>$8$σ$ significance based on spectral features between 4.3 and 4.7~$μ$m. Photochemical forward models show that the inferred CS$_2$ abundance is physically plausible in an H/He-dominated atmosphere exposed to intense ultraviolet irradiation. The atmosphere of V1298 Tau e is strikingly different from its nearest neighboring planet b, whose atmosphere shows SO$_2$ rather than CS$_2$. These observations demonstrate that even planets within the same system can occupy distinct photochemical regimes. Our results further provide empirical evidence for complex sulfur photochemistry in exoplanet atmospheres in general and may also point to divergent formation or evolutionary pathways within the same planetary system. |
| title | Photochemical CS$_2$ Gas Detected on a 20-Myr-old Exoplanet |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.00974 |