55 Cnc e JWST light curves and spectra Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Patel J.A.
  2. Brandeker A.
  3. Kitzmann D.
  4. Petit dit de la Roche D.J.M.,Bello-Arufe A.
  5. Heng K.
  6. Meier Valdes E.
  7. Persson C.M.
  8. Zhang M.,Demory B.-O.
  9. Bourrier V.
  10. Deline A.
  11. Ehrenreich D.
  12. Fridlund M.
  13. Hu R.,Lendl M.
  14. Oza A.V.
  15. Alibert Y.
  16. Hooton M.J.
  17. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The nature of the close-in rocky planet 55 Cnc e is puzzling despite having been observed extensively. Its optical and infrared occultation depths show temporal variability, in addition to a phase curve variability observed in the optical. We wish to explore the possibility that the variability originates from the planet being in a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance, thus showing different sides during occultations. We proposed and were awarded Cycle 1 time at the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to test this hypothesis. JWST/NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) observed five occultations (secondary eclipses), of which four were observed within a week, of the planet simultaneously at 2.1 and 4.5um. While the former gives band-integrated photometry, the latter provides a spectrum between 3.9-5.0um. We find that the occultation depths in both bandpasses are highly variable and change between a non-detection (-5+/-6ppm and 7+/-9ppm) to 96+/-8ppm and 119^+34^_-19_ppm at 2.1um and 4.5um, respectively. Interestingly, the variations in both bandpasses are not correlated and do not support the 3:2 spin-orbit resonance explanation. The measured brightness temperature at 4.5um varies between 873-2256K and is lower than the expected dayside temperature of bare rock with no heat re-distribution (2500K) which is indicative of an atmosphere. Our atmospheric retrieval analysis of occultation depth spectra at 4.5um finds that different visits statistically favour various atmospheric scenarios including a thin outgassed CO/CO2 atmosphere and a silicate rock vapour atmosphere. Some visits even support a flat line model. The observed variability could be explained by stochastic outgassing of CO/CO2, which is also hinted by retrievals. Alternatively, the variability, observed at both 2.1 and 4.5um, could be the result of a circumstellar patchy dust torus generated by volcanism on the planet.

Keywords
  1. multiple-stars
  2. exoplanets
  3. photometry
  4. infrared-astronomy
  5. spectroscopy
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2024A&A...690A.159P
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2024-10-08T10:49:17Z
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