Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21813409r&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #134.09; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
In gas giant exoplanets that orbit close to their parent stars, known as hot Jupiters, carbon is thought to be sequestered primarily in carbon monoxide and methane. The relative CO and CH4 abundances inform us about temperature and pressure conditions and also about mixing by global winds driven by intense but asymmetric heating for these tidally-locked bodies. Emission spectra collected during secondary eclipses, as the hot Jupiter passes behind its parent star, in principle allows a determination of the CO:CH4 concentration ratio. Since hot Jupiters exist at temperatures of order 1000 K, accurate model atmospheres require high temperature line lists for relevant molecules, for which existing data bases are apparently incomplete. Here we present high temperature emission spectra of CO. The spectra were obtained using a microwave discharge apparatus where the source of CO was carbon dioxide that dissociates under microwave heating. The pressure inside the discharge tube was of order 1 Torr and the microwave power applied to the cavity was 70 W. Emission exited the discharge tube via a ZnSe window and entered through a NaCl window the emission port of the evacuated Fourier spectrometer. The spectrum was measured in the range 1800-2400 cm-1 at a resolution of 0.1 cm-1 using a KBr beamsplitter and a 77 K InSb detector. Vibrational transitions V(1->0) centered at 2147 cm-1 and V(2->1) at 2120 cm-1 were clearly identified. From the J values for maximum intensity lines within the rotational fine structure we obtain a temperature estimate of 1400 K, which is comparable to the atmospheric conditions of hot-Jupiters. Obtained line lists are compared with existing information in the HITRAN database.
Arnold Jeff
Figueiredo P.
Peale Robert
Rezaie Farnood
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