在海王星大小的系外行星清大气中吸收水蒸气
Jonathan Fraine1, Drake Deming2, Bjorn Benneke3
11] Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-2421, USA [2] Instituto de Astrofísica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 7820436 Macul, Santiago, Chile [3] Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Nature
|September 26, 2014
概括
科学家在系外行星HAT-P-11b的大气中检测到水蒸气,这表明其大气清,富含气. 这一发现支持了气态巨星行星形成的核心积聚理论.
科学领域:
- 外系行星科学 外系行星科学
- 大气物理学 大气物理学
- 天体化学是天体化学.
背景情况:
- 外行星的传输光谱学主要检测到木星大小的行星中的大气成分.
- 海王星大小的系外行星通常呈现无特征的光谱,暗示不透明的大气或高平均分子量.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究海王星大小的系外行星HAT-P-11b的大气组成.
- 为了确定较小的系外行星是否可以拥有通过传输光谱检测到的清晰,富含气的大气.
主要方法:
- 观测了HAT-P-11b在光线到红外波长的传输频谱.
- 分析了对特定分子的吸收特征的光谱.
主要成果:
- 在1.4微米处检测到显著的水蒸气吸收.
- 吸水幅度表明大气清晰度低至1毫巴.
- 大气中含有丰富的气,重元素的丰富度是太阳的700倍.
结论:
- HAT-P-11b拥有一个主要的清,富含气的大气层,挑战了以前对海王星大小的行星的假设.
- 这些发现与天然气巨星形成的核心积累模型保持一致.
- 这种检测为研究较小的系外行星大气层开辟了道路.
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