2025AJ....169...38Z


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2025AJ....169...38Z - Astron. J., 169, 38 (2025/January-0)

Retrievals on NIRCam Transmission and Emission Spectra of HD 189733b with PLATON 6, a GPU Code for the JWST Era.

ZHANG M., PARAGAS K., BEAN J.L., YEUNG J., CHACHAN Y., GREENE T.P., LUNINE J. and DEMING D.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the 2.4-5.0 μm JWST/NIRCam emission spectrum of HD 189733b, along with an independent re-reduction of the previously published transmission spectrum at the same wavelengths. We use an upgraded version of PLanetary Atmospheric Tool for Observer Noobs (PLATON) to retrieve atmospheric parameters from both geometries. In transit, we obtain [M/H] = ${0.53}_{-0.12}^{+0.13}$ and C/O = ${0.41}_{-0.12}^{+0.13}$, assuming a power-law haze and equilibrium chemistry with methane depletion. In eclipse, we obtain [M/H] = ${0.68}_{-0.11}^{+0.15}$ and C/O = ${0.43}_{-0.05}^{+0.06}$, assuming a clear atmosphere and equilibrium chemistry without methane depletion. These results are consistent with each other, and with a rerun of our previously published joint retrieval of Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer transmission and emission spectra. Accounting for methane depletion decreases the C/O ratio by 0.14/0.04 (transmission/emission), but changing the limb cloud parameterization does not affect the C/O ratio by more than 0.06. We detect H2O, CO2, CO, and H2S in both the NIRCam transmission and emission spectra, find that methane is depleted on the terminator, and confirm with VULCAN that photochemistry is a potential cause of this depletion. We also find tentative (1.8σ) evidence of a dayside thermal inversion at millibar pressures. Finally, we take this opportunity to introduce a new version of PLATON. PLATON 6 supports GPU computation, speeding up the code up to 10×. It also supports free retrievals using both volume mixing ratio and centered-log ratio priors; emission from planetary surfaces of different compositions; updated opacities at improved resolution; and Pareto smoothed importance sampling leave-one-out cross-validation.

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

Journal keyword(s): Exoplanet atmospheres - James Webb Space Telescope - Exoplanet atmospheric composition

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/AJ/169/38): fig7.dat>

Simbad objects: 9

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Number of rows : 9
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 NAME BD-07 436Ab Pl 02 28 37.2277668480 -07 03 38.376446076           ~ 112 1
2 CD-38 3220b Pl 07 10 24.0604565856 -39 05 50.571250476           ~ 421 0
3 WASP-43b Pl 10 19 38.0088913464 -09 48 22.605801336           ~ 442 1
4 WASP-107b Pl 12 33 32.8441110816 -10 08 46.225572324           ~ 289 0
5 WASP-39b Pl 14 29 18.4151689656 -03 26 40.204480380           ~ 345 1
6 HD 149026b Pl 16 30 29.6185771608 +38 20 50.308980864           ~ 388 1
7 NAME G 139-21b Pl 17 15 18.9339850845 +04 57 50.066612336           ~ 845 1
8 HD 189733b Pl 20 00 43.7129433648 +22 42 39.073143456           ~ 1610 1
9 HD 209458b Pl 22 03 10.7727465312 +18 53 03.549393384           ~ 2037 1

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