A solar C/O and sub-solar metallicity in a hot Jupiter atmosphere

Measurements of the atmospheric carbon (C) and oxygen (O) relative to hydrogen (H) in hot Jupiters (relative to their host stars) provide insight into their formation location and subsequent orbital migration 1 , 2 . Hot Jupiters that form beyond the major volatile (H 2 O/CO/CO 2 ) ice lines and sub...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 2021-10, Vol.598 (7882), p.580-584
Hauptverfasser: Line, Michael R., Brogi, Matteo, Bean, Jacob L., Gandhi, Siddharth, Zalesky, Joseph, Parmentier, Vivien, Smith, Peter, Mace, Gregory N., Mansfield, Megan, Kempton, Eliza M.-R., Fortney, Jonathan J., Shkolnik, Evgenya, Patience, Jennifer, Rauscher, Emily, Désert, Jean-Michel, Wardenier, Joost P.
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Zusammenfassung:Measurements of the atmospheric carbon (C) and oxygen (O) relative to hydrogen (H) in hot Jupiters (relative to their host stars) provide insight into their formation location and subsequent orbital migration 1 , 2 . Hot Jupiters that form beyond the major volatile (H 2 O/CO/CO 2 ) ice lines and subsequently migrate post disk-dissipation are predicted have atmospheric carbon-to-oxygen ratios (C/O) near 1 and subsolar metallicities 2 , whereas planets that migrate through the disk before dissipation are predicted to be heavily polluted by infalling O-rich icy planetesimals, resulting in C/O 
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/s41586-021-03912-6