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Optical to near-infrared transmission spectrum of the warm sub-Saturn HAT-P-12b | | Ian Wong
; Björn Benneke
; Peter Gao
; Heather A. Knutson
; Yayaati Chachan
; Gregory W. Henry
; Drake Deming
; Tiffany Kataria
; Graham K. H. Lee
; Nikolay Nikolov
; David K. Sing
; Gilda E. Ballester
; Nathaniel J. Baskin
; Hannah R. Wakeford
; Michael H. Williamson
; | | Date: |
7 Apr 2020 | | Abstract: | We present the transmission spectrum of HAT-P-12b through a joint analysis of
data obtained from the Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging
Spectrograph (STIS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Spitzer, covering the
wavelength range 0.3-5.0 $mu$m. We detect a muted water vapor absorption
feature at 1.4 $mu$m attenuated by clouds, as well as a Rayleigh scattering
slope in the optical indicative of small particles. We interpret the
transmission spectrum using both the state-of-the-art atmospheric retrieval
code SCARLET and the aerosol microphysics model CARMA. These models indicate
that the atmosphere of HAT-P-12b is consistent with a broad range of
metallicities between several tens to a few hundred times solar, a roughly
solar C/O ratio, and moderately efficient vertical mixing. Cloud models that
include condensate clouds do not readily generate the sub-micron particles
necessary to reproduce the observed Rayleigh scattering slope, while models
that incorporate photochemical hazes composed of soot or tholins are able to
match the full transmission spectrum. From a complementary analysis of
secondary eclipses by Spitzer, we obtain measured depths of $0.042\%pm0.013\%$
and $0.045\%pm0.018\%$ at 3.6 and 4.5 $mu$m, respectively, which are
consistent with a blackbody temperature of $890^{+60}_{-70}$ K and indicate
efficient day-night heat recirculation. HAT-P-12b joins the growing number of
well-characterized warm planets that underscore the importance of clouds and
hazes in our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres. | | Source: | arXiv, 2004.3551 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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