the interplay between a hot jupiter's thermal evolution and its atmospheric circulation
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The Interplay Between a Hot Jupiter's Thermal Evolution and its Atmospheric Circulation. Emily Rauscher 1,2 Adam Showman 1 1 University of Arizona 2 NASA Sagan Fellow. The radiative-convective boundary and the cooling rate. Arras & Bildsten (2006). Guillot & Showman (2002). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Interplay Between a Hot Jupiter's Thermal Evolution and its Atmospheric CirculationEmily Rauscher1,2
Adam Showman1
1University of Arizona2NASA Sagan Fellow
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The radiative-convective boundary and the cooling rate
Guillot & Showman (2002)
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Arras & Bildsten (2006)
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Downward transport of kinetic energy?
Showman & Guillot (2002)
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Efficiency = (downward KE)/(incident flux)
≈ 1%
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Model set-upsame dynamics as Rauscher & Menou 2010, new radiative transfer
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RauscherThe code 9/13/11
Rauscher & Menou, in prep
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Rauscher 9/13/11The code 9/13/11Rauscher
Rauscher & Menou, in prep
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Infrared absorption coefficient increases with
pressure
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Rauscher 9/13/11The code 9/13/11Rauscher
Rauscher & Menou, in prep
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Infrared absorption coefficient increases with
pressure
At high optical depths transition to diffusion
approximation for radiative flux
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Rauscher 9/13/11The code Rauscher & Menou, in prep
analytic solution from Guillot (2010),see also Hansen (2008)
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A range of internal heat fluxesGlobally averaged profiles
PRCB at 130, 50, and 20 bar.
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Sub- and anti-stellar profiles
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Preliminary results
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Average wind speeds9/13/11
Preliminary
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RauscherZonal wind structure 9/13/11
Tint=125 K Tint=350 K Tint=500 K
Tint=2000 K
Tint=1000 K
Tint=1410 K
Preliminary
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Temperature and wind maps at 1 bar9/13/11
Preliminary
Tint=1000 K
Tint=1410 K
Tint=2000 K
Tint=125 K
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Tint=1000 K
Tint=1410 K
Tint=2000 K
Temperature and wind maps at 150 bar9/13/11
Tint=500 K
Preliminary
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Rauscher2-D radiative-convective boundary
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PRCB,min = 75 bar PRCB,min = 13 bar
PRCB,min = 9 bar
Tint=1000 K
Tint=1410 K
Tint=2000 K
Preliminary
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Efficiency of downward transport of E9/13/11
Preliminary
downward kinetic energyincident stellar heating=
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Summary•We see changes in the circulation across a
range of internal heat fluxes•The location of the radiative-convective
boundary is 2-D and complex (and requires further analysis)
•The (preliminary) efficiencies we are finding are low, < 0.12%
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