ARES VI. Viability of one-dimensional retrieval models for transmission spectroscopycharacterization of exo-atmospheres in the era of JWST and Ariel
JAZIRI, Adam Yassin
PLANETO - LATMOS
Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève [ObsGE]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales [LATMOS]
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PLANETO - LATMOS
Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève [ObsGE]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales [LATMOS]
JAZIRI, Adam Yassin
PLANETO - LATMOS
Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève [ObsGE]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales [LATMOS]
PLANETO - LATMOS
Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève [ObsGE]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales [LATMOS]
TEINTURIER, Lucas
Pôle Planétologie du LESIA
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) [LMD]
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics [LESIA]
Pôle Planétologie du LESIA
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) [LMD]
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics [LESIA]
DROSSART, Pierre
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris [IAP]
Pôle Planétologie du LESIA
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics [LESIA]
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris [IAP]
Pôle Planétologie du LESIA
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics [LESIA]
BEAULIEU, Jean-Philippe
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris [IAP]
University of Tasmania [Hobart] [UTAS]
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris [IAP]
University of Tasmania [Hobart] [UTAS]
MUGNAI, Lorenzo
Cardiff University
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo [OAPa]
Dipartimento di Fisica [Roma La Sapienza]
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Cardiff University
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo [OAPa]
Dipartimento di Fisica [Roma La Sapienza]
Langue
en
Article de revue
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Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A. 2024-04-01, vol. 684, p. A25
EDP Sciences
Résumé en anglais
Observed exoplanet transit spectra are usually retrieved using 1D models to determine atmospheric composition. However, planetary atmospheres are 3D. With the new state-of-the-art James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and ...Lire la suite >
Observed exoplanet transit spectra are usually retrieved using 1D models to determine atmospheric composition. However, planetary atmospheres are 3D. With the new state-of-the-art James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and future space telescopes such as Ariel (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey), we will be able to obtain increasingly accurate transit spectra. The 3D effects on the spectra will be visible, and we can expect biases in the 1D extractions. In order to elucidate these biases, we have built theoretical observations of transit spectra, from 3D atmospheric modeling through transit modeling to instrument modeling. For this purpose, we used a global climate model (GCM) to simulate the atmosphere, a 3D radiative transfer model to calculate theoretical transmission spectra, and adapted instrument software from JWST and Ariel to reproduce telescope noise. Next, we used a 1D radiative transfer inversion model to retrieve the known input atmosphere and disentangle any biases that might be observed. The study was done from warm planets to ultra-hot planets to assess biases as a function of average planet temperature. Three-dimensional effects are observed to be strongly nonlinear from the coldest to the hottest planets. These effects also depend on the planet’s metallicity and gravity. Considering equilibrium chemistry, 3D effects are observed through very strong variations in certain features of the molecule or very small variations over the whole spectrum. We conclude that we cannot rely on the uncertainty of retrievals at all pressures, and that we must be cautious about the results of retrievals at the top of the atmosphere. However the results are still fairly close to the truth at mid-altitudes (those probed). We also need to be careful with the chemical models used for planetary atmosphere. If the chemistry of one molecule is not correctly described, this will bias all the others, and the retrieved temperature as well. Finally, although fitting a wider wavelength range and higher resolution has been shown to increase retrieval accuracy, we show that this could depend on the wavelength range chosen, due to the accuracy on modeling the different features. In any case, 1D retrievals are still correct for the detection of molecules, even in the event of an erroneous abundance retrieval.< Réduire
Mots clés en anglais
exoplanets
atmospheres
radiative transfer
chemistry
methods: numerical
techniques: transmission spectroscopy
Projet Européen
A SpectroPhotometric Inquiry of Close-in Exoplanets around the Desert to Understand their Nature and Evolution
Habitability of Exo-Earths in various atmospheric oxidative conditions
Habitability of Exo-Earths in various atmospheric oxidative conditions
Project ANR
Chimie Atmosphérique EXoplanétaire à haute Temperature - ANR-21-CE49-0008
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