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2022AJ....164...30W - Astron. J., 164, 30-30 (2022)

The Hubble PanCET Program: A Featureless Transmission Spectrum for WASP-29b and Evidence of Enhanced Atmospheric Metallicity on WASP-80b.

WONG I., CHACHAN Y., KNUTSON H.A., HENRY G.W., ADAMS D., KATARIA T., BENNEKE B., GAO P., DEMING D., LOPEZ-MORALES M., SING D.K., ALAM M.K., BALLESTER G.E., BARSTOW J.K., BUCHHAVE L.A., DOS SANTOS L.A., FU G., GARCIA MUNOZ A., MACDONALD R.J., MIKAL-EVANS T., SANZ-FORCADA J. and WAKEFORD H.R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a uniform analysis of transit observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope of two warm gas giants orbiting K-type stars-WASP-29b and WASP-80b. The transmission spectra, which span 0.4-5.0 µm, are interpreted using a suite of chemical equilibrium PLATON atmospheric retrievals. Both planets show evidence of significant aerosol opacity along the day-night terminator. The spectrum of WASP-29b is flat throughout the visible and near-infrared, suggesting the presence of condensate clouds extending to low pressures. The lack of spectral features hinders our ability to constrain the atmospheric metallicity and C/O ratio. In contrast, WASP-80b shows a discernible, albeit muted H2O absorption feature at 1.4 µm, as well as a steep optical spectral slope that is caused by fine-particle aerosols and/or contamination from unocculted spots on the variable host star. WASP-80b joins the small number of gas-giant exoplanets that show evidence for enhanced atmospheric metallicity: the transmission spectrum is consistent with metallicities ranging from ∼30-100 times solar in the case of cloudy limbs to a few hundred times solar in the cloud-free scenario. In addition to the detection of water, we infer the presence of CO2 in the atmosphere of WASP-80b based on the enhanced transit depth in the Spitzer 4.5 µm bandpass. From a complementary analysis of Spitzer secondary eclipses, we find that the dayside emission from WASP-29b and WASP-80b is consistent with brightness temperatures of 937 ± 48 and 851 ± 14 K, respectively, indicating relatively weak day-night heat transport and low Bond albedo.

Abstract Copyright: © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Exoplanet atmospheres - Exoplanet atmospheric composition - Transmission spectroscopy

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