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The Impact of Water Clouds on the Prospective Emission Spectrum of Teegarden’s Star b as Observed by LIFE
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Meteorology .
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Meteorology . Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, The Bolin Centre for Climate Research (together with KTH & SMHI).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5507-9209
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Astronomy.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8345-593x
Number of Authors: 32024 (English)In: Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, E-ISSN 1538-4357, Vol. 977, no 1, article id 88Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Nontransiting terrestrial planets will be accessible by upcoming observatories of which LIFE is an example. Planet b orbiting Teegarden’s Star is one of the optimal targets for such missions. We use a one-dimensional atmospheric model with real gas radiation, a multispecies pseudo-adiabatic convection-condensation scheme, and a water cloud scheme to estimate the impact of the cloud coverage on the emission spectrum of the target, as well as to assess how sensitive LIFE could be to changes in outgoing flux caused by these clouds. Though the emergent flux decreases with a higher cloud coverage, it does not decrease by more than 1 order of magnitude as the coverage increases from 0% to 90%. This allows LIFE to retain a high sensitivity to the cloud cover fraction for wavelengths longer than 7 μm. In this spectral range, with at least 1 bar of N2, LIFE is able to distinguish cloud cover fractions as small as 10% given an integration time of 24 hr, and yields much better precision with a week-long integration. An integration time of 1 week also allows the resolution of local variations in spectral flux, which can lead to easier molecule identification. This ability remains if the planet is a CO2-dominated Venus analog. Partial pressures of N2 lower than 1 bar may create a degeneracy with the cloud cover fraction. LIFE shows promising potential for detecting and characterizing atmospheres even with a high cloud coverage, and retaining a fine sensitivity to relatively small differences in cloud cover fractions.

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2024. Vol. 977, no 1, article id 88
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-240728DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad8f30ISI: 001369735700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85211044641OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-240728DiVA, id: diva2:1944310
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