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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 497, 期 4, 页码 5271-5291出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2193
关键词
line: profiles; radiative transfer; techniques: spectroscopic; planets and satellites: atmospheres
资金
- SNSF grant 'Planets in Time'
Hydrostatic equilibrium is an excellent approximation for the dense layers of planetary atmospheres, where it has been canonically used to interpret transmission spectra of exoplanets. Here, we exploit the ability of high-resolution spectrographs to probe tenuous layers of sodium and potassium gas due to their formidable absorption cross-sections. We present an atmosphere-exosphere degeneracy between optically thick and optically thin mediums, raising the question of whether hydrostatic equilibrium is appropriate for Na I lines observed at exoplanets. To this end we simulate three non-hydrostatic, evaporative, density profiles: (i) escaping, (ii) exomoon, and (iii) torus to examine their imprint on an alkaline exosphere in transmission. By analysing an evaporative curve of growth, we find that equivalent widths of W-NaD2 similar to 1-10 m angstrom are naturally driven by evaporation rates similar to 10(3)-10(5) kg s(-1) of pure atomic Na. To break the degeneracy between atmospheric and exospheric absorption, we find that if the line ratio is D2/D1 greater than or similar to 1.2 the gas is optically thin on average roughly indicating a non-hydrostatic structure of the atmosphere/exosphere. We show this is the case for Na I observations at hot Jupiters WASP-49b and HD189733b and also simulate their K I spectra. Lastly, motivated by the slew of metal detections at ultra-hot Jupiters, we suggest a toroidal atmosphere at WASP-76b and WASP-121b is consistent with the Na I data at present.
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