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Extrasolar Giant Planet Theory and Atmospheres An Emerging Synthesis of Planetary Science and Astronomy
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Theory Program for Modeling EGPs Evolution, Spectra, and Colors of isolated and irradiated substellar- mass objects (SMOs) and planetary structure studies Theory of T and L dwarfs Atmospheric Chemistry and Abundances: Molecules and atoms Reflection Spectra and Albedos of EGPs Cloud modeling (silicates, Fe, H 2 O, NH 3 ) Transit, eclipse, and secondary eclipse studies Evolution of Jupiter and Saturn Opacity and molecular spectrum calculations (Quantum chemistry) Ab-initio calculations for Na-D, K I, FeH, CrH, TiH … Predictions in support of ground-based and space-based programs of direct extrasolar planet detection Radiative transfer techniques (Collaborators: Burrows, Hubbard, Hubeny, Sudarsky, Sharp, Milsom, Lunine, Li, Fortney, Cooper, Volobuyev)
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The Evolution and Measurement of EGPs: Remote Sensing of Extrasolar Planets
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Theory of EGPs Scientific Themes: Physics, Atmospheres, Chemistry, Structure, Spectra, Composition, Clouds, Evolution, Remote Sensing General EGP properties Transit Theory Irradiated EGPs and Direct Detection
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Burrows, Sudarsky, and Lunine 2003
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JWST
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Extrasolar Giant Planet Exotica Orbits from 0.02 AU to ~5 AU Orbital eccentricities can be very high (0 to ~0.8) Orbital eccentricities can be very high (0 to ~0.8) Periods from 1.2 days Periods from 1.2 days Masses from below Saturn’s mass to >10 M J Masses from below Saturn’s mass to >10 M J Many multi-EGP systems Many multi-EGP systems 4 “Neptunes” discovered 4 “Neptunes” discovered 7 transiting EGPs 7 transiting EGPs Secondary eclipses seen in two Secondary eclipses seen in two Correlation with metallicity Correlation with metallicity Found around M, K, G, and F stars Found around M, K, G, and F stars Stellar irradiation effects (on spectra and radii) Migration in protostellar disks in first millions of years Planetary Winds and mass loss (evaporation?) Jet Streams and Day/night contrasts for close-in EGPs Complicated Albedo behavior with orbital distance Planetary Phases and extreme light curves Ammonia, Water, and silicate clouds (variation during orbit!) General circulation models (GCMs) needed
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Orbital Properties of a Few Extrasolar Giant Planets
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Colors: Metallicity
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(T. Guillot)
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51 Peg b, 1995: R vs. M vs. composition (H, He, H 2 O, silicates …) Zapolsky and Salpeter 1969 Guillot, Burrows et al. 1996
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1.0 M j 51 Peg b Olivine Hayashi Forbidden Zone Tidal
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Giant Planet Transits and Phase Curves
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Transit Radius vs. Planet Mass
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Charbonneau, Brown et al. 2001, 2002, 2003 Transit by HD209458b
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Burrows et al. 2004 OGLE-TR-56b HD209458b
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Burrows, Sudarsky, and Hubbard 2003
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Fortney et al. 2003
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Na detection: Charbonneau et al. 2003 HD209458b:
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Lyman Alpha: Vidal-Madjar et al. 2003; 15%! ~4.3 R j : Planetary Wind! cf. Burrows & Lunine (1995) 15% dip!
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Irradiated EGPs vs. Angular Separation Burrows 2005; Sudarsky, Burrows, and Hubeny 2003
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Burrows, Sudarsky, and Hubeny 2004
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Geometric Albedos
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(T. Guillot)
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Sudarsky, Burrows 2000
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Effects of Clouds
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Phase Function at 0.55 microns vs. Orbital Distance
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Eccentricity and Peak Shift
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Phase Dependence of the EGP’s Color
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Giant Planet Transits and Secondary Eclipses
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Spitzer ? MOST?
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Spitzer ST:
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Data: Deming et al. 2005; Charbonneau et al. 2005 Secondary Eclipses of Transiting EGPs Burrows, Hubeny, & Sudarsky 2005, Ap.J. Letters, in press.
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CO, H 2 O, and CH 4 Opacities
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Future of Direct Detection of Extrasolar Planets Precision Radial Velocity Precision photometry ? Transit searches (many) Interferometry (LBT, VLTI, Keck, PTI): Imaging (Fizeau) and Astrometry (Michelson) Extreme Adaptive Optics Microlensing Spectral Separation Differential imaging Antarctica (30-m, 100- m?) HST astrometry ? NICMOS upgrade ? Spitzer (IRAC, IRS, MIPS) JWST (MIRI, NIRCam) SIM/GAIA Eclipse (coronagraph)? Kepler/COROT MOST, MONS TPF-C; TPF-I/Darwin Planet Finder/Life Finder From the Ground:From Space:
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Planet/Star Contrast: Theory (dashed) versus Capability Red: H band (1.6 microns); Purple: Mid-IR; Green: Optical
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Schedule 2000 20042008 2012 2016 2020 Gaia TPF/Darwin Very large telescopes (GMT,TMT,OWL) Very large space arrays Kepler COROT SIM TPF/Darwin precursor? Amex (M. Perryman )
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NASA’s Origins development First Generation Second Generation Visions (as summarized by M. Perryman)
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SIM:
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Cho et al. 2003
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Albedos
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Irradiated Brown Dwarfs
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Unapproved TPF ‘precursors’: missions/concepts Eclipse: (Trauger et al. 2003) – 2004 Discovery? Eclipse: (Trauger et al. 2003) – 2004 Discovery? 1.8 m + coronograph + wavefront correction – Jupiters to 5 AU for stars to 15 pc 1.8 m + coronograph + wavefront correction – Jupiters to 5 AU for stars to 15 pc JPF: Jovian planet finder (Clampin et al. 2002) – 2004 Discovery? JPF: Jovian planet finder (Clampin et al. 2002) – 2004 Discovery? 1.5 m + coronograph, originally on ISS – Jupiters to 2-20 AU 1.5 m + coronograph, originally on ISS – Jupiters to 2-20 AU ESPI: Extrasolar planet imager, Midex, (Lyon et al. 2003) ESPI: Extrasolar planet imager, Midex, (Lyon et al. 2003) 1.5 1.5 m apodized square aperture – Jupiters around 160 stars to 16 pc 1.5 1.5 m apodized square aperture – Jupiters around 160 stars to 16 pc ExPO: Extrasolar planet observatory (Gezari et al. 2003) ExPO: Extrasolar planet observatory (Gezari et al. 2003) similar concept to ESPI proposed as Discovery class mission similar concept to ESPI proposed as Discovery class mission SPF: Self-luminous planet finder (Woolf et al. 2001) SPF: Self-luminous planet finder (Woolf et al. 2001) search for younger/more massive Jupiters in Jupiter orbits search for younger/more massive Jupiters in Jupiter orbits FKSI: Fourier-Kelvin stellar interferometer (Danchi et al. 2003, poster 8.06) FKSI: Fourier-Kelvin stellar interferometer (Danchi et al. 2003, poster 8.06) mid-infrared nulling interferometer: detection of 25 EGPs within 10 pc mid-infrared nulling interferometer: detection of 25 EGPs within 10 pc OPD: Optical planet discoverer (Mennesson et al. 2003) OPD: Optical planet discoverer (Mennesson et al. 2003) midway between coronography and Bracewell nulling midway between coronography and Bracewell nulling PIAA: Phase-induced amplitude apodization (Guyon 2003) PIAA: Phase-induced amplitude apodization (Guyon 2003) reflection of an unapodized flat wavefront on two shaped mirrors reflection of an unapodized flat wavefront on two shaped mirrors EPIC (M. Perryman)
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MIPS: Secondary Eclipse of HD209458b!
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Spitzer/IRAC Photometry of T Dwarfs
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Molecular Opacities
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