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2024ApJ...970L..10B - Astrophys. J., 970, L10 (2024/July-3)

Sulfur Dioxide and Other Molecular Species in the Atmosphere of the Sub-Neptune GJ 3470 b.

BEATTY T.G., WELBANKS L., SCHLAWIN E., BELL T.J., LINE M.R., MURPHY M., EDELMAN I., GREENE T.P., FORTNEY J.J., HENRY G.W., MUKHERJEE S., OHNO K., PARMENTIER V., RAUSCHER E., WISER L.S. and ARNOLD K.E.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report observations of the atmospheric transmission spectrum of the sub-Neptune exoplanet GJ 3470 b taken using the Near-Infrared Camera on JWST. Combined with two archival Hubble Space Telescope/Wide-Field Camera 3 transit observations and 15 archival Spitzer transit observations, we detect water, methane, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of GJ 3470 b, each with a significance of >3σ. GJ 3470 b is the lowest-mass-and coldest-exoplanet known to show a substantial sulfur dioxide feature in its spectrum, at Mp = 11.2 M⊕ and Teq = 600 K. This indicates that disequilibrium photochemistry drives sulfur dioxide production in exoplanet atmospheres over a wider range of masses and temperatures than has been reported or expected. The water, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide abundances we measure indicate an atmospheric metallicity of approximately 100× solar. We see further evidence for disequilibrium chemistry in our inferred methane abundance, which is significantly lower than expected from equilibrium models consistent with our measured water and carbon dioxide abundances.

Abstract Copyright: © 2024. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Exoplanet atmospheres - Exoplanet atmospheric composition - Exoplanet formation

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