利用紫外光谱探测系外行星轨道上的火山活动产生的环
地球与行星天体物理
2019-07-12 v1
摘要
我们建议使用哈勃空间望远镜（HST）对 TESS 目标进行后续观测，以探测绕 M 型矮星运行的系外行星轨道沿线可能存在的等离子体环。该环的源可能是行星因潮汐或电磁感应加热产生的火山活动。对于这些活跃恒星周围的行星，向太空的快速物质损失可导致失落物质沿行星轨道形成环，类似于 Io 等离子体环。我们表明，此类环有可能被 HST 在紫外波段探测到。
引用
@article{arxiv.1907.05088,
title = {Detecting volcanically produced tori along orbits of exoplanets using UV spectroscopy},
author = {Kristina G. Kislyakova and Luca Fossati and Denis Shulyak and Eike Günther and Manuel Güdel and Colin P. Johnstone and Vladimir Airapetian and Sudeshna Boro Saikia and Allan Sacha Brun and Vera Dobos and Kevin France and Eric Gaidos and Maxim L. Khodachenko and Antonino F. Lanza and Helmut Lammer and Lena Noack and Rodrigo Luger and Antoine Strugarek and Aline Vidotto and Allison Youngblood},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.05088},
year = {2019}
}
备注
White paper submitted on the use of HST for TESS follow-up observations, 5 pages, 2 figures