来自冷棕矮星的甲排放
Jacqueline K Faherty1,2, Ben Burningham3, Jonathan Gagné4,5
1Department of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA. jfaherty@amnh.org.
Nature
|April 17, 2024
概括
天文学家检测到一个孤立的棕矮星CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3 (W1935) 的强甲排放. 这表明极光过程可能会导致这些物体的大气温度反转.
科学领域:
- 外行星科学
- 大气物理
- 棕矮人的研究
背景情况:
- 在我们太阳系的巨行星上观察到极光, 有H3+和甲等红外信号.
- 之前的红外极光搜索对隔离的棕色矮星产生了无效的结果.
- CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3 (W1935) 是一个孤立的棕矮星,温度约为482K.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究隔离的棕矮星W1935的红外辐射特征.
- 为了确定大气条件和潜在的能源驱动观察到的现象在W1935.
主要方法:
- 使用詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜 (JWST) 对W1935进行红外观测.
- 进行大气建模以解释观察到的光谱特征,特别是甲排放.
- 将观测数据与模型进行比较,以了解大气温度概况和组成.
主要成果:
- 从W1935使用JWST检测到强度为3.326μm的甲排放.
- 大气模型显示大约300K的显著温度反转,中心在1-10 mbar.
- 该模型排除了H3+排放的贡献,与太阳系气体巨头不同.
结论:
- 在W1935的大气中观察到的温度反转对于一个孤立的棕色矮星来说是不寻常的,这表明了非标准的加热机制.
- 极光过程是大气加热和温度逆转的合理解释.
- 缺少H3+排放与其在W1935观察到的排放层相关的更高压力下快速破坏一致.
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