Dark skies of the slightly eccentric WASP-18 b from its optical-to-infrared dayside emission
Dark skies of the slightly eccentric WASP-18 b from its optical-to-infrared dayside emission
We performed a joint analysis of phase-curve observations of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-18 b from the visible to the mid-infrared, using data from CHEOPS, TESS and Spitzer. We aim to characterise the planetary atmosphere with a consistent view over the large wavelength range covered using GCMs and retrieval analyses, and including JWST data. We obtained new ephemerides with unprecedented precisions of 1 second and 1.4 millisecond on the time of inferior conjunction and orbital period, respectively. We computed a planetary radius of $R_p = 1.1926 \pm 0.0077 R_J$ with a precision of 0.65% (or 550 km). Based on a timing inconsistency with JWST, we discuss and confirm orbital eccentricity ($e = 0.00852 \pm 0.00091$). We also constrain the argument of periastron to $\omega = 261.9^{+1.3}_{-1.4}$ deg. We show that the large dayside emission implies the presence of magnetic drag and super-solar metallicity. We find a steep thermally inverted gradient in the planetary atmosphere, which is common for UHJs. We detected the presence of strong CO emission lines at 4.5 $\mu$m from an excess of dayside brightness in the Spitzer/IRAC/Ch2 passband. Using these models to constrain the reflected contribution in the CHEOPS passband, we derived an extremely low geometric albedo of $A_g^\text{CHEOPS} = 0.027 \pm 0.011$.
K. G. Isaak、A. Deline、N. A. Walton、E. Villaver、S. Udry、V. Van Grootel、Gy. M. Szabó、J. Venturini、A. E. Simon、K. Westerdorff、C. M. Persson、D. Ségransan、A. M. S. Smith、M. Stalport、S. Sulis、L. Fossati、M. Fridlund、D. Gandolfi、K. Gazeas、M. Gillon、M. Güdel、J. Hasiba、P. E. Cubillos、J. Laskar、A. Lecavelier des étangs、D. Magrin、P. F. L. Maxted、B. Merín、C. Mordasini、V. Nascimbeni、G. Olofsson、R. Ottensamer、I. Pagano、E. Pallé、G. Peter、D. Piazza、G. Piotto、D. Pollacco、D. Queloz、R. Ragazzoni、N. Rando、F. Ratti、H. Rauer、I. Ribas、N. C. Santos、G. Scandariato、Ch. Helling、L. L. Kiss、J. Korth、K. W. F. Lam、L. Carone、B. -O. Demory、M. Lendl、W. Benz、A. Brandeker、M. N. Günther、A. Heitzmann、S. C. C. Barros、L. Kreidberg、G. Bruno、D. Kitzmann、A. Bonfanti、M. Farnir、S. G. Sousa、T. G. Wilson、D. Ehrenreich、V. Singh、N. Iro、Y. Alibert、R. Alonso、T. Bárczy、D. Barrado Navascues、W. Baumjohann、M. Bergomi、N. Billot、L. Borsato、C. Broeg、M. -D. Busch、A. Collier Cameron、A. C. M. Correia、Sz. Csizmadia、M. B. Davies、M. Deleuil、L. Delrez、O. D. S. Demangeon、A. Derekas、B. Edwards、A. Erikson、A. Fortier
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K. G. Isaak,A. Deline,N. A. Walton,E. Villaver,S. Udry,V. Van Grootel,Gy. M. Szabó,J. Venturini,A. E. Simon,K. Westerdorff,C. M. Persson,D. Ségransan,A. M. S. Smith,M. Stalport,S. Sulis,L. Fossati,M. Fridlund,D. Gandolfi,K. Gazeas,M. Gillon,M. Güdel,J. Hasiba,P. E. Cubillos,J. Laskar,A. Lecavelier des étangs,D. Magrin,P. F. L. Maxted,B. Merín,C. Mordasini,V. Nascimbeni,G. Olofsson,R. Ottensamer,I. Pagano,E. Pallé,G. Peter,D. Piazza,G. Piotto,D. Pollacco,D. Queloz,R. Ragazzoni,N. Rando,F. Ratti,H. Rauer,I. Ribas,N. C. Santos,G. Scandariato,Ch. Helling,L. L. Kiss,J. Korth,K. W. F. Lam,L. Carone,B. -O. Demory,M. Lendl,W. Benz,A. Brandeker,M. N. Günther,A. Heitzmann,S. C. C. Barros,L. Kreidberg,G. Bruno,D. Kitzmann,A. Bonfanti,M. Farnir,S. G. Sousa,T. G. Wilson,D. Ehrenreich,V. Singh,N. Iro,Y. Alibert,R. Alonso,T. Bárczy,D. Barrado Navascues,W. Baumjohann,M. Bergomi,N. Billot,L. Borsato,C. Broeg,M. -D. Busch,A. Collier Cameron,A. C. M. Correia,Sz. Csizmadia,M. B. Davies,M. Deleuil,L. Delrez,O. D. S. Demangeon,A. Derekas,B. Edwards,A. Erikson,A. Fortier.Dark skies of the slightly eccentric WASP-18 b from its optical-to-infrared dayside emission[EB/OL].(2025-05-02)[2025-06-05].https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.01544.点此复制
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