Photoevaporative flows from exoplanet atmospheres: a 3D radiative hydrodynamic parameter study

Debrecht, Alex; Carroll-Nellenback, Jonathan; Frank, Adam; McCann, John; Murray-Clay, Ruth; Blackman, Eric G.

doi:10.1093/mnras/sty3212

Title: Photoevaporative flows from exoplanet atmospheres: a 3D radiative hydrodynamic parameter study

Journal Article · 27 November 2018 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3212 · OSTI ID:1485345

^[1]; Carroll-Nellenback, Jonathan ^[1]; Frank, Adam ^[1]; McCann, John ^[2]; Murray-Clay, Ruth ^[3]; Blackman, Eric G. ^[1]

Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)

he photoionization-driven evaporation of planetary atmospheres has emerged as a potentially fundamental process for planets on short-period orbits. While 1D studies have proven the effectiveness of stellar fluxes at altering the atmospheric mass and composition for sub-Jupiter mass planets, there remains much that is uncertain with regard to the larger scale, multidimensional nature of such ‘planetary wind’ flows. In this paper we use a new radiation-hydrodynamic platform to simulate atmospheric evaporative flows. Using the astrobear adaptive mesh refinement (amr) multiphysics code in a co-rotating frame centred on the planet, we model the transfer of ionizing photons into the atmosphere, the subsequent launch of the wind and the wind’s large-scale evolution subject to tidal and non-inertial forces. We run simulations for planets of 0.263 and 0.07 Jupiter masses and stellar fluxes of 2 × 10¹³ and 2 × 10¹⁴ photons cm^-2 s^-1. Our results reveal new, potentially observable planetary wind flow patterns, including the development, in some cases, of an extended neutral tail lagging behind the planet in its orbit.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office; National Science Foundation (NSF); Space Telescope Science Institute

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001063; TG-AST120060; ACI-1548562; AST-1515648; AST-1411536; HST-AR-12832.01-A

OSTI ID:: 1485345

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1610512

Journal Information:: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 483, Issue 2; ISSN 0035-8711

Publisher:: Royal Astronomical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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