期刊
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
卷 140, 期 5, 页码 1370-1380出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/140/5/1370
关键词
astrobiology; Earth; methods: observational; planets and satellites: atmospheres; planets and satellites: detection; planets and satellites: tectonics; techniques: spectroscopic
资金
- NSF [EAR0440017]
The search for extrasolar rocky planets has already found the first transiting rocky super-Earth, Corot 7b, with a surface temperature that allows for magma oceans. Here, we investigate whether we could distinguish rocky planets with recent major volcanism by remote observation. We develop a model for volcanic eruptions on an Earth-like exoplanet based on the present-day Earth and derive the observable features in emergent and transmission spectra for multiple scenarios of gas distribution and cloud cover. We calculate the observation time needed to detect explosive volcanism on exoplanets in primary as well as secondary eclipse and discuss the likelihood of observing volcanism on transiting Earth-sized to super-Earth-sized exoplanets. We find that sulfur dioxide from large explosive eruptions does present a spectral signal that is remotely detectable especially for secondary eclipse measurements around the closest stars and ground-based telescopes, and report the frequency and magnitude of the expected signatures. The transit probability of a planet in the habitable zone decreases with distance from the host star, making small, nearby host stars the best targets.
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