Gemini planet imager spectroscopy of the HR 8799 planets c and d

Patrick Ingraham; Mark S. Marley; Didier Saumon; Christian Marois; Bruce Macintosh; Travis Barman; Brian Bauman; Adam Burrows; Jeffrey K. Chilcote; Robert J. De Rosa; Daren Dillon; René Doyon; Jennifer Dunn; Darren Erikson; Michael P. Fitzgerald; Donald Gavel; Stephen J. Goodsell; James R. Graham; Markus Hartung; Pascale Hibon; Paul G. Kalas; Quinn Konopacky; James A. Larkin; Jérôme Maire; Franck Marchis; James McBride; Max Millar-Blanchaer; Katie M. Morzinski; Andrew Norton; Rebecca Oppenheimer; Dave W. Palmer; Jenny Patience; Marshall D. Perrin; Lisa A. Poyneer; Laurent Pueyo; Fredrik Rantakyrö; Naru Sadakuni; Leslie Saddlemyer; Dmitry Savransky; Rémi Soummer; Anand Sivaramakrishnan; Inseok Song; Sandrine Thomas; J. Kent Wallace; Sloane J. Wiktorowicz; Schuyler Grace Wolff

doi:10.1088/2041-8205/794/1/L15

Gemini planet imager spectroscopy of the HR 8799 planets c and d

Patrick Ingraham
, Mark S. Marley
, Didier Saumon
, Christian Marois
, Bruce Macintosh
, Travis Barman
, Brian Bauman
, Adam Burrows
, Jeffrey K. Chilcote
, Robert J. De Rosa
, Daren Dillon
, René Doyon
, Jennifer Dunn
, Darren Erikson
, Michael P. Fitzgerald
, Donald Gavel
, Stephen J. Goodsell
, James R. Graham
, Markus Hartung
, Pascale Hibon

Paul G. Kalas, Quinn Konopacky, James A. Larkin, Jérôme Maire, Franck Marchis, James McBride, Max Millar-Blanchaer, Katie M. Morzinski, Andrew Norton, Rebecca Oppenheimer, Dave W. Palmer, Jenny Patience, Marshall D. Perrin, Lisa A. Poyneer, Laurent Pueyo, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Naru Sadakuni, Leslie Saddlemyer, Dmitry Savransky, Rémi Soummer, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Inseok Song, Sandrine Thomas, J. Kent Wallace, Sloane J. Wiktorowicz, Schuyler Grace Wolff

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Abstract

During the first-light run of the Gemini Planet Imager we obtained K-band spectra of exoplanets HR 8799 c and d. Analysis of the spectra indicates that planet d may be warmer than planet c. Comparisons to recent patchy cloud models and previously obtained observations over multiple wavelengths confirm that thick clouds combined with horizontal variation in the cloud cover generally reproduce the planets' spectral energy distributions. When combined with the 3 to 4 μm photometric data points, the observations provide strong constraints on the atmospheric methane content for both planets. The data also provide further evidence that future modeling efforts must include cloud opacity, possibly including cloud holes, disequilibrium chemistry, and super-solar metallicity.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	L15
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	794
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/794/1/L15
State	Published - Oct 10 2014

Keywords

infrared: planetary systems
instrumentation: adaptive optics
instrumentation: high angular resolution
planets and satellites: atmospheres
planets and satellites: gaseous planets
techniques: imaging spectroscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Ingraham, P., Marley, M. S., Saumon, D., Marois, C., Macintosh, B., Barman, T., Bauman, B., Burrows, A., Chilcote, J. K., De Rosa, R. J., Dillon, D., Doyon, R., Dunn, J., Erikson, D., Fitzgerald, M. P., Gavel, D., Goodsell, S. J., Graham, J. R., Hartung, M., ... Wolff, S. G. (2014). Gemini planet imager spectroscopy of the HR 8799 planets c and d. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 794(1), Article L15. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/794/1/L15

Ingraham, P, Marley, MS, Saumon, D, Marois, C, Macintosh, B, Barman, T, Bauman, B, Burrows, A, Chilcote, JK, De Rosa, RJ, Dillon, D, Doyon, R, Dunn, J, Erikson, D, Fitzgerald, MP, Gavel, D, Goodsell, SJ, Graham, JR, Hartung, M, Hibon, P, Kalas, PG, Konopacky, Q, Larkin, JA, Maire, J, Marchis, F, McBride, J, Millar-Blanchaer, M, Morzinski, KM, Norton, A, Oppenheimer, R, Palmer, DW, Patience, J, Perrin, MD, Poyneer, LA, Pueyo, L, Rantakyrö, F, Sadakuni, N, Saddlemyer, L, Savransky, D, Soummer, R, Sivaramakrishnan, A, Song, I, Thomas, S, Kent Wallace, J, Wiktorowicz, SJ & Wolff, SG 2014, 'Gemini planet imager spectroscopy of the HR 8799 planets c and d', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 794, no. 1, L15. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/794/1/L15

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