2017AJ....154..261C


Query : 2017AJ....154..261C

2017AJ....154..261C - Astron. J., 154, 261-261 (2017/December-4)

Trends in atmospheric properties of Neptune-size exoplanets.

CROSSFIELD I.J.M. and KREIDBERG L.

Abstract (from CDS):

Precise atmospheric observations have been made for a growing sample of warm Neptunes. Here, we investigate the correlations between these observations and a large number of system parameters to show that, at 95% confidence, the amplitude of a warm Neptune's spectral features in transmission correlates with either its equilibrium temperature (Teq) or its bulk H/He mass fraction (fHHe)-in addition to the standard kT/µg scaling. These correlations could indicate either more optically thick, photochemically produced hazes at lower Teq and/or higher-metallicity atmospheres for planets with smaller radii and lower fHHe. We derive an analytic relation to estimate the observing time needed with JWST/NIRISS to confidently distinguish a nominal gas giant's transmission spectrum from a flat line. Using this tool, we show that these possible atmospheric trends could reduce the number of expected TESS planets accessible to JWST spectroscopy by up to a factor of eight. Additional observations of a larger sample of planets are required to confirm these trends in atmospheric properties as a function of planet or system quantities. If these trends can be confidently identified, the community will be well-positioned to prioritize new targets for atmospheric study and eventually break the complex degeneracies between atmospheric chemistry, composition, and cloud properties.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): eclipses - methods: statistical - planets and satellites: atmospheres - planets and satellites: gaseous planets - planets and satellites: gaseous planets

Simbad objects: 11

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Number of rows : 11
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 HD 3167c Pl 00 34 57.5242131960 +04 22 53.284093032           ~ 82 0
2 NAME LP 424-4b Pl 07 59 05.8395356736 +15 23 29.236065000           ~ 387 1
3 BD+10 1799b Pl 08 26 27.8490900672 +10 04 49.334175156           ~ 27 0
4 * rho01 Cnc e Pl 08 52 35.8111044043 +28 19 50.954994470           ~ 682 1
5 HD 97658b Pl 11 14 33.1612754184 +25 42 37.390358520           ~ 234 1
6 Ross 905b Pl 11 42 11.0933350978 +26 42 23.650782778           ~ 913 1
7 WASP-107b Pl 12 33 32.8441110816 -10 08 46.225572324           ~ 289 0
8 HAT-P-26b Pl 14 12 37.5331103311 +04 03 36.116569918           ~ 200 1
9 NAME G 139-21b Pl 17 15 18.9339850845 +04 57 50.066612336           ~ 845 1
10 Kepler-51 Er* 19 45 55.1428629456 +49 56 15.650520684       14.829   G4 165 1
11 BD+47 2936b Pl 19 50 50.2472976936 +48 04 51.101390496           ~ 493 1

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