Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996apj...462..502l&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal v.462, p.502
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
36
Planets And Satellites: Individual Jupiter, Ultraviolet: Solar System
Scientific paper
The ultraviolet spectra of molecular hydrogen H2 and HD due to solar fluorescence and photoelectron excitation are calculated and compared with the Jovian equatorial dayglow spectrum measured at 3 Å resolution at solar maximum. The dayglow emission is accounted for in both brightness and spectral shape by the solar fluorescence and photoelectron excitation and requires no additional energy source. The emission is characterized by an atmospheric temperature of 530 K and an H2 column density of 1020 cm-2 The dayglow spectrum contains a cascade contribution to the Lyman band emission from high-lying E and F states. Its relative weakness at short wavelengths is due to both self-absorption by H2 and absorption by CH4.
Strong wavelength coincidences of solar emission lines and absorption lines of H2 and HD produce unique line spectra that can be identified in the dayglow spectrum. The strongest fluorescence is due to absorption of the solar Lyβ line at 1025.72 Å by the P(1) line of the (6, 0) Lyman band of H2 at 1025.93 Å. The fluorescence lines due to absorption of the solar O VI line at 1031.91 Å by vibrationally excited H2 via the Q(3) line of the (1, 1) Werner band at 1031.86 Å are identified. The fluorescence lines provide a sensitive measure of the atmospheric temperature. There occurs an exact coincidence of the solar O VI line at 1031.91 Å and the R(0) line of the (6, 0) Lyman band of HD at 1031.91 Å, but HD on Jupiter is difficult to detect because of the dominance of the H2 emission where the HD emission is particularly strong. Higher spectral resolution and higher sensitivity may make possible such a detection. The high- resolution (0.3 Å) spectra of H2 and HD are presented to stimulate search for the HD on Jupiter with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Dalgarno Alexander
Liu Weihong
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