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Journal articles

Document subtype
Full paper

Title
Nightside condensation of iron in an ultrahot giant exoplanet

Participants in the publication
David Ehrenreich (Author)
Christophe Lovis (Author)
Romain Allart (Author)
María Rosa Zapatero Osorio (Author)
Francesco Pepe (Author)
Stefano Cristiani (Author)
Rafael Rebolo (Author)
Nuno C. Santos (Author)
Francesco Borsa (Author)
Olivier Demangeon (Author)
Xavier Dumusque (Author)
Jonay I. González Hernández (Author)
Núria Casasayas-Barris (Author)
Damien Ségransan (Author)
Sérgio Sousa (Author)
Manuel Abreu (Author)
Dep. Física
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Vardan Adibekyan (Author)
Michael Affolter (Author)
Carlos Allende Prieto (Author)
Yann Alibert (Author)
Matteo Aliverti (Author)
David Alves (Author)
Manuel Amate (Author)
Gerardo Avila (Author)
Veronica Baldini (Author)
Timothy Bandy (Author)
Willy Benz (Author)
Andrea Bianco (Author)
Émeline Bolmont (Author)
François Bouchy (Author)
Vincent Bourrier (Author)
Christopher Broeg (Author)
Alexandre Cabral (Author)
Dep. Física
LOLS
IA
Giorgio Calderone (Author)
Enric Pallé (Author)
H. M. Cegla (Author)
Roberto Cirami (Author)
João M. P. Coelho (Author)
Dep. Física
LOLS
IA
Paolo Conconi (Author)
Igor Coretti (Author)
Claudio Cumani (Author)
Guido Cupani (Author)
Hans Dekker (Author)
Bernard Delabre (Author)
Sebastian Deiries (Author)
Valentina D Odorico (Author)
Paolo Di Marcantonio (Author)
Pedro Figueira (Author)
Ana Fragoso (Author)
Ludovic Genolet (Author)
Matteo Genoni (Author)
Ricardo Génova Santos (Author)
Nathan Hara (Author)
Ian Hughes (Author)
Olaf Iwert (Author)
Florian Kerber (Author)
Jens Knudstrup (Author)
Marco Landoni (Author)
Baptiste Lavie (Author)
Jean-Louis Lizon (Author)
Monika Lendl (Author)
Gaspare Lo Curto (Author)
Charles Maire (Author)
Antonio Manescau (Author)
C. J. A. P. Martins (Author)
Denis Mégevand (Author)
Andrea Mehner (Author)
Giusi Micela (Author)
Andrea Modigliani (Author)
Paolo Molaro (Author)
Manuel Monteiro (Author)
Mario Monteiro (Author)
Manuele Moschetti (Author)
Eric Müller (Author)
Nelson Nunes (Author)
IA
Luca Oggioni (Author)
António Oliveira (Author)
Giorgio Pariani (Author)
Luca Pasquini (Author)
Ennio Poretti (Author)
José Luis Rasilla (Author)
Edoardo Redaelli (Author)
Marco Riva (Author)
Samuel Santana Tschudi (Author)
Paolo Santin (Author)
Pedro Santos (Author)
Alex Segovia Milla (Author)
Julia V. Seidel (Author)
Danuta Sosnowska (Author)
Alessandro Sozzetti (Author)
Paolo Spanò (Author)
Alejandro Suárez Mascareño (Author)
Hugo Tabernero (Author)
Fabio Tenegi (Author)
Stéphane Udry (Author)
Alessio Zanutta (Author)
Filippo Zerbi (Author)

Summary
Ultrahot giant exoplanets receive thousands of times Earth’s insolation1,2. Their high-temperature atmospheres (greater than 2,000 kelvin) are ideal laboratories for studying extreme planetary climates and chemistry3,4,5. Daysides are predicted to be cloud-free, dominated by atomic species6 and much hotter than nightsides5,7,8. Atoms are expected to recombine into molecules over the nightside9, resulting in different day and night chemistries. Although metallic elements and a large temperature contrast have been observed10,11,12,13,14, no chemical gradient has been measured across the surface of such an exoplanet. Different atmospheric chemistry between the day-to-night (‘evening’) and night-to-day (‘morning’) terminators could, however, be revealed as an asymmetric absorption signature during transit4,7,15. Here we report the detection of an asymmetric atmospheric signature in the ultrahot exoplanet WASP-76b. We spectrally and temporally resolve this signature using a combination of high-dispersion spectroscopy with a large photon-collecting area. The absorption signal, attributed to neutral iron, is blueshifted by −11 ± 0.7 kilometres per second on the trailing limb, which can be explained by a combination of planetary rotation and wind blowing from the hot dayside16. In contrast, no signal arises from the nightside close to the morning terminator, showing that atomic iron is not absorbing starlight there. We conclude that iron must therefore condense during its journey across the nightside.

Date of Publication
2020-03-11

Where published
Nature

Publication Identifiers
ISSN - 0028-0836,1476-4687

Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Document Identifiers
DOI - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2107-1
URL - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2107-1

Rankings
SCIMAGO Q1 (2019) - 14.05 - Multidisciplinary


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David Ehrenreich, Christophe Lovis, Romain Allart, María Rosa Zapatero Osorio, Francesco Pepe, Stefano Cristiani, Rafael Rebolo, Nuno C. Santos, Francesco Borsa, Olivier Demangeon, Xavier Dumusque, Jonay I. González Hernández, Núria Casasayas-Barris, Damien Ségransan, Sérgio Sousa, Manuel Abreu, Vardan Adibekyan, Michael Affolter, Carlos Allende Prieto, Yann Alibert, Matteo Aliverti, David Alves, Manuel Amate, Gerardo Avila, Veronica Baldini, Timothy Bandy, Willy Benz, Andrea Bianco, Émeline Bolmont, François Bouchy, Vincent Bourrier, Christopher Broeg, Alexandre Cabral, Giorgio Calderone, Enric Pallé, H. M. Cegla, Roberto Cirami, João M. P. Coelho, Paolo Conconi, Igor Coretti, Claudio Cumani, Guido Cupani, Hans Dekker, Bernard Delabre, Sebastian Deiries, Valentina D Odorico, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Pedro Figueira, Ana Fragoso, Ludovic Genolet, Matteo Genoni, Ricardo Génova Santos, Nathan Hara, Ian Hughes, Olaf Iwert, Florian Kerber, Jens Knudstrup, Marco Landoni, Baptiste Lavie, Jean-Louis Lizon, Monika Lendl, Gaspare Lo Curto, Charles Maire, Antonio Manescau, C. J. A. P. Martins, Denis Mégevand, Andrea Mehner, Giusi Micela, Andrea Modigliani, Paolo Molaro, Manuel Monteiro, Mario Monteiro, Manuele Moschetti, Eric Müller, Nelson Nunes, Luca Oggioni, António Oliveira, Giorgio Pariani, Luca Pasquini, Ennio Poretti, José Luis Rasilla, Edoardo Redaelli, Marco Riva, Samuel Santana Tschudi, Paolo Santin, Pedro Santos, Alex Segovia Milla, Julia V. Seidel, Danuta Sosnowska, Alessandro Sozzetti, Paolo Spanò, Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, Hugo Tabernero, Fabio Tenegi, Stéphane Udry, Alessio Zanutta, Filippo Zerbi, (2020). Nightside condensation of iron in an ultrahot giant exoplanet. Nature, ISSN 0028-0836,1476-4687. eISSN . http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2107-1

IEEE
David Ehrenreich, Christophe Lovis, Romain Allart, María Rosa Zapatero Osorio, Francesco Pepe, Stefano Cristiani, Rafael Rebolo, Nuno C. Santos, Francesco Borsa, Olivier Demangeon, Xavier Dumusque, Jonay I. González Hernández, Núria Casasayas-Barris, Damien Ségransan, Sérgio Sousa, Manuel Abreu, Vardan Adibekyan, Michael Affolter, Carlos Allende Prieto, Yann Alibert, Matteo Aliverti, David Alves, Manuel Amate, Gerardo Avila, Veronica Baldini, Timothy Bandy, Willy Benz, Andrea Bianco, Émeline Bolmont, François Bouchy, Vincent Bourrier, Christopher Broeg, Alexandre Cabral, Giorgio Calderone, Enric Pallé, H. M. Cegla, Roberto Cirami, João M. P. Coelho, Paolo Conconi, Igor Coretti, Claudio Cumani, Guido Cupani, Hans Dekker, Bernard Delabre, Sebastian Deiries, Valentina D Odorico, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Pedro Figueira, Ana Fragoso, Ludovic Genolet, Matteo Genoni, Ricardo Génova Santos, Nathan Hara, Ian Hughes, Olaf Iwert, Florian Kerber, Jens Knudstrup, Marco Landoni, Baptiste Lavie, Jean-Louis Lizon, Monika Lendl, Gaspare Lo Curto, Charles Maire, Antonio Manescau, C. J. A. P. Martins, Denis Mégevand, Andrea Mehner, Giusi Micela, Andrea Modigliani, Paolo Molaro, Manuel Monteiro, Mario Monteiro, Manuele Moschetti, Eric Müller, Nelson Nunes, Luca Oggioni, António Oliveira, Giorgio Pariani, Luca Pasquini, Ennio Poretti, José Luis Rasilla, Edoardo Redaelli, Marco Riva, Samuel Santana Tschudi, Paolo Santin, Pedro Santos, Alex Segovia Milla, Julia V. Seidel, Danuta Sosnowska, Alessandro Sozzetti, Paolo Spanò, Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, Hugo Tabernero, Fabio Tenegi, Stéphane Udry, Alessio Zanutta, Filippo Zerbi, "Nightside condensation of iron in an ultrahot giant exoplanet" in Nature, 2020. 10.1038/s41586-020-2107-1

BIBTEX
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