Model atmospheres of irradiated exoplanets: the influence of stellar parameters, metallicity, and the C/O ratio
Many parameters constraining the spectral appearance of exoplanets are still poorly understood. We therefore study the properties of irradiated exoplanet atmospheres over a wide parameter range including metallicity, C/O ratio and host spectral type. We calculate a grid of 1-d radiative-convective a...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) Kapitel/Artikel |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2015
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Arxiv
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| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.07523
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| Verfasserangaben: | P. Mollière, R. van Boekel, C.P. Dullemond, T. Henning, C. Mordasini |
| Zusammenfassung: | Many parameters constraining the spectral appearance of exoplanets are still poorly understood. We therefore study the properties of irradiated exoplanet atmospheres over a wide parameter range including metallicity, C/O ratio and host spectral type. We calculate a grid of 1-d radiative-convective atmospheres and emission spectra. We perform the calculations with our new Pressure-Temperature Iterator and Spectral Emission Calculator for Planetary Atmospheres (PETIT) code, assuming chemical equilibrium. The atmospheric structures and spectra are made available online. We find that atmospheres of planets with C/O ratios $\sim$ 1 and $T_{\rm eff}$ $\gtrsim$ 1500 K can exhibit inversions due to heating by the alkalis because the main coolants CH$_4$, H$_ |
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