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Flux and polarization signals of Earth-like exoplanets covered by sub-solar clouds

文献类型:期刊论文

作者Wang S(王爽)1,2,3; Qu ZQ(屈中权)1,2,3
刊名ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
出版日期2019-06-01
卷号364期号:6页码:8
关键词Polarimetry Earth-like exoplanets
ISSN号0004-640X
DOI10.1007/s10509-019-3588-y
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文献子类Article
英文摘要

We investigate the flux and polarization signals of Earth-like exoplanets covered by sub-solar clouds. These clouds occur at the region where solar zenith angle is smaller than a specific angle sigma. We calculate the flux and polarization of the light reflected by the planetary disk, and we include multiple scattering. For a given sigma, the sub-solar cloud coverage will change with the phase angle, corresponding to the various viewing geometries. We study the influences of cloud optical thicknesses, surface albedos, cloud particle sizes and wavelengths. Then we investigate how these parameters together with the variation of cloud coverage caused by viewing geometries leave traces on flux and polarization signals. The larger values of sigma corresponding to larger cloud coverage before the cloud totally disappears, which increases flux and reduces polarization. For a given value of sigma, while considering the influences of parameters such as cloud optical thickness, surface albedo, cloud particle size and wavelength, the cloud coverage variation also should be taken into account. The location of a rainbow is not affected by sigma, cloud optical thickness and surface albedo. However, both the larger values of sub-solar cloud optical thicknesses and the larger surface albedos would reduce the polarization of the rainbow peaks. The location of a rainbow may be affected by cloud particle effective radius (reff) and wavelength. As reff and/or wavelength increases, the polarization signal shows a stronger primary rainbow feature. The location of the maximum polarization can be affected by sigma, cloud optical thickness, surface albedo and wavelength. But the reff seems not to affect the location of maximum polarization. The longer wavelength (such as 865nm) is suitable to derive sub-solar cloud coverage, and the rainbow feature can help to characterize cloud particles. All these results emphasize the importance of polarimetry for the characterization of exoplanets.

学科主题天文学 ; 太阳与太阳系
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出版地VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS
WOS关键词POLARIMETRY ; JUPITER
资助项目National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11078005] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11527804] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11373065] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[10943002] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11373023]
WOS研究方向Astronomy & Astrophysics
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000472016100001
出版者SPRINGER
资助机构National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11078005, 11527804, 11373065, 10943002, 11373023]
源URL[http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/20377]  
专题云南天文台_光纤阵列太阳光学望远镜研究组
通讯作者Wang S(王爽)
作者单位1.Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
3.Center for Astronomical Mega-Science, CAS, Beijing, China
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Wang S,Qu ZQ. Flux and polarization signals of Earth-like exoplanets covered by sub-solar clouds[J]. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE,2019,364(6):8.
APA Wang S,&Qu ZQ.(2019).Flux and polarization signals of Earth-like exoplanets covered by sub-solar clouds.ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE,364(6),8.
MLA Wang S,et al."Flux and polarization signals of Earth-like exoplanets covered by sub-solar clouds".ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE 364.6(2019):8.

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