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The Fast Trackto Finding an
Inhabited Planet
Sniffing Alien Atmospheres with JWST
David Charbonneau, Harvard University219th Meeting of the AAS Meeting, JWST Town Hall, 9 January 2012
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If you are interested in atmospheres, transiting exoplanets are the best kind of exoplanet, as they are the only ones for which
the physical parameters are determined robustly.
Doppler Method
Determine Planet Mass
Transit Method
Determine Planet Diameter
Calculate Planet Density and Infer Composition:
Gas giant (Jupiter), Ice giant (Neptune), or Rocky planet (Earth)
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In the past decade, our knowledge of exoplanets has exploded . . .
Year Transiting Atmospheres Exoplanets Studied
2001 1 0
2006 8 3
2011 140 (but really 1300) 50
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In the past decade, our knowledge of exoplanets has exploded . . .
Year Transiting Atmospheres Exoplanets Studied
2001 1 0
2006 8 2
2011 140 (but really 1300) 50
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In the past decade, our knowledge of exoplanets has exploded . . .
Year Transiting Atmospheres Exoplanets Studied
2001 1 0
2006 8 2
2011 150 (but really 1300) 50
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Very Recent Progress
The first habitable-zone sub-Neptune? Announced December 5th 2011
The first Earth-sized exoplanets? Announced December 20th 2011
The first Earth-sized, habitable-zone planet? Probably before STC selection
So, C-SEE isn’t about discovering the first such objects.
It is about understanding them, and their prospects for life.
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Very Recent Progress
The first habitable-zone sub-Neptune? Announced December 5th 2011
The first Earth-sized exoplanets? Announced December 20th 2011
The first Earth-sized, habitable-zone planet? ?
So, C-SEE isn’t about discovering the first such objects.
It is about understanding them, and their prospects for life.
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Very Recent Progress
The first habitable-zone sub-Neptune? Announced December 5th 2011
The first Earth-sized exoplanets? Announced December 20th 2011
The first Earth-sized, habitable-zone planet? ?
JWST will see first light perhaps 5 yearsafter the discovery of the first exo-Earths.
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Transits Allows Studies of the Atmospheres That Are Not Possible for
Non-Transiting Planets
Transit
Secondary EclipseSee thermal radiation and reflected light from planet
disappear andreappear
See radiation from star transmitted through the planet’s atmosphere
Detection of:-Atoms & Molecules-Stratospheres-Clouds-Winds
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TransitSee radiation from star transmitted through the planet’s atmosphere
Transits Allows Studies of the Atmospheres That Are Not Possible for
Non-Transiting Planets
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JWST Transit Science:The Best of Spitzer and Hubble
My wish list for exoplanet spectroscopy platform:
Orbit that assures thermal stability and low background
Orbit that assures long dwell times
A stable PSF and excellent pointing
Infrared sensitivity (planetary temperatures; molecules)
Aperture sufficient to permit mod resolution spectroscopy
These are obtained with a large aperture, cryogenic telescope placed at L2, with a detailed error budget and careful instrument characterization prior to launch
JWST is an excellent platform for Exoplanet Spectroscopy
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JWST Transit Science:The Best of Spitzer and Hubble
My wish list for exoplanet spectroscopy platform:
Orbit that assures thermal stability and low background
Orbit that assures long dwell times
A stable PSF and excellent pointing
Infrared sensitivity (planetary temperatures; molecules)
Aperture sufficient to permit mod resolution spectroscopy
These are obtained with a large aperture, cryogenic telescope placed at L2, with a detailed error budget and careful instrument characterization prior to launch
JWST is an excellent platform for Exoplanet Spectroscopy
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JWST Transit CapabilitiesJWST Transit CapabilitiesJWST offers a broad range of capabilities for transit observations
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Thermal Emission from a Hot Jupiter
J. Valenti (STScI)
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Hydrogen Rich Super-Earth (1.4 REarth, 5 MEarth)
Hydrogen Rich Super-Earth (1.4 REarth, 5 MEarth)
NIRSpec- 20 transits
Binned to R~300
M. ClampinModel by E. Kempton
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Seager, Deming, & Valenti 2009
Model by Ehrenreichet al.
Transit Spectrum of Habitable-ZoneEarth-size Ocean Planet (1 REarth, 0.5 MEarth)
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So, how will we identify the optimal targets to enable
this JWST science?
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Probability of a Transiting Habitable-Zone Planet as a Function of Distance (in pc)
See Deming et al. (2009) for details
100%
30%
10%
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The Fast Trackto Finding an
Inhabited Planet
JWST will be an excellent platform for sniffingalien atmospheres
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Simulated MIRI Observations of HD 189733b
J. Valenti (STScI)