Escaping Helium and a Highly Muted Spectrum Suggest a Metal-enriched Atmosphere on Sub-Neptune GJ 3090 b from JWST Transit Spectroscopy

Escaping Helium and a Highly Muted Spectrum Suggest a Metal-enriched Atmosphere on Sub-Neptune GJ 3090 b from JWST Transit Spectroscopy

Sub-Neptunes, the most common planet type, remain poorly understood. Their atmospheres are expected to be diverse, but their compositions are challenging to determine, even with JWST. Here, we present the first JWST spectroscopic study of the warm sub-Neptune GJ 3090 b (2.13 R _⊕ , T _eq,A = 0.3 ∼ 7...

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Main Authors: Eva-Maria Ahrer, Michael Radica, Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Eshan Raul, Lindsey Wiser, Luis Welbanks, Lorena Acuña, Romain Allart, Louis-Philippe Coulombe, Amy Louca, Ryan MacDonald, Morgan Saidel, Thomas M. Evans-Soma, Björn Benneke, Duncan Christie, Thomas G. Beatty, Charles Cadieux, Ryan Cloutier, René Doyon, Jonathan J. Fortney, Anna Gagnebin, Cyril Gapp, Hamish Innes, Heather A. Knutson, Thaddeus Komacek, Joshua Krissansen-Totton, Yamila Miguel, Raymond Pierrehumbert, Pierre-Alexis Roy, Hilke E. Schlichting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Exoplanet atmospheres
Exoplanet atmospheric composition
Transmission spectroscopy
Exoplanets
James Webb Space Telescope
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/add010
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