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Sulfur dioxide in the mid-infrared transmission spectrum of WASP-39b

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  • Diana Powell

    (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
    University of Chicago)

  • Adina D. Feinstein

    (University of Chicago
    University of Colorado Boulder)

  • Elspeth K. H. Lee

    (University of Bern)

  • Michael Zhang

    (University of Chicago)

  • Shang-Min Tsai

    (University of California, Riverside)

  • Jake Taylor

    (University of Oxford
    Université de Montréal
    Université de Montréal)

  • James Kirk

    (Imperial College London)

  • Taylor Bell

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Joanna K. Barstow

    (The Open University)

  • Peter Gao

    (Carnegie Institution for Science)

  • Jacob L. Bean

    (University of Chicago)

  • Jasmina Blecic

    (New York University Abu Dhabi
    New York University Abu Dhabi)

  • Katy L. Chubb

    (University of St Andrews)

  • Ian J. M. Crossfield

    (University of Kansas)

  • Sean Jordan

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Daniel Kitzmann

    (University of Colorado Boulder)

  • Sarah E. Moran

    (University of Arizona)

  • Giuseppe Morello

    (Chalmers University of Technology
    Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)
    INAF – Palermo Astronomical Observatory)

  • Julianne I. Moses

    (Space Science Institute)

  • Luis Welbanks

    (Arizona State University)

  • Jeehyun Yang

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Xi Zhang

    (University of California, Santa Cruz)

  • Eva-Maria Ahrer

    (University of Warwick
    University of Warwick)

  • Aaron Bello-Arufe

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Jonathan Brande

    (University of Kansas)

  • S. L. Casewell

    (University of Leicester)

  • Nicolas Crouzet

    (University of Leiden)

  • Patricio E. Cubillos

    (INAF – Turin Astrophysical Observatory
    Austrian Academy of Sciences)

  • Brice-Olivier Demory

    (University of Bern
    University of Bern)

  • Achrène Dyrek

    (Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, AIM)

  • Laura Flagg

    (Cornell University
    Cornell University)

  • Renyu Hu

    (California Institute of Technology
    California Institute of Technology)

  • Julie Inglis

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Kathryn D. Jones

    (University of Bern)

  • Laura Kreidberg

    (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)

  • Mercedes López-Morales

    (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)

  • Pierre-Olivier Lagage

    (Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, AIM)

  • Erik A. Meier Valdés

    (University of Bern)

  • Yamila Miguel

    (University of Leiden
    SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research)

  • Vivien Parmentier

    (Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange)

  • Anjali A. A. Piette

    (Carnegie Institution for Science)

  • Benjamin V. Rackham

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Michael Radica

    (Université de Montréal
    Université de Montréal)

  • Seth Redfield

    (Wesleyan University
    Wesleyan University)

  • Kevin B. Stevenson

    (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)

  • Hannah R. Wakeford

    (University of Bristol)

  • Keshav Aggarwal

    (Indian Institute of Technology Indore)

  • Munazza K. Alam

    (Carnegie Institution for Science)

  • Natalie M. Batalha

    (University of California, Santa Cruz)

  • Natasha E. Batalha

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Björn Benneke

    (Université de Montréal
    Université de Montréal)

  • Zach K. Berta-Thompson

    (University of Colorado Boulder)

  • Ryan P. Brady

    (University College London)

  • Claudio Caceres

    (Universidad Andres Bello
    Centro de Astrofisica y Tecnologias Afines (CATA)
    Núcleo Milenio de Formación Planetaria (NPF))

  • Aarynn L. Carter

    (University of California, Santa Cruz)

  • Jean-Michel Désert

    (University of Amsterdam)

  • Joseph Harrington

    (University of Central Florida)

  • Nicolas Iro

    (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

  • Michael R. Line

    (Arizona State University)

  • Joshua D. Lothringer

    (Utah Valley University)

  • Ryan J. MacDonald

    (University of Michigan)

  • Luigi Mancini

    (INAF – Turin Astrophysical Observatory
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
    University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

  • Karan Molaverdikhani

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Exzellenzcluster Origins)

  • Sagnick Mukherjee

    (University of California, Santa Cruz)

  • Matthew C. Nixon

    (University of Maryland)

  • Apurva V. Oza

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Enric Palle

    (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC))

  • Zafar Rustamkulov

    (Johns Hopkins University)

  • David K. Sing

    (Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins University)

  • Maria E. Steinrueck

    (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)

  • Olivia Venot

    (Université de Paris Cité and Université Paris-Est Creteil, CNRS, LISA)

  • Peter J. Wheatley

    (University of Warwick
    University of Warwick)

  • Sergei N. Yurchenko

    (University College London)

Abstract

The recent inference of sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the atmosphere of the hot (approximately 1,100 K), Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-39b from near-infrared JWST observations1–3 suggests that photochemistry is a key process in high-temperature exoplanet atmospheres4. This is because of the low (

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  • Diana Powell & Adina D. Feinstein & Elspeth K. H. Lee & Michael Zhang & Shang-Min Tsai & Jake Taylor & James Kirk & Taylor Bell & Joanna K. Barstow & Peter Gao & Jacob L. Bean & Jasmina Blecic & Katy , 2024. "Sulfur dioxide in the mid-infrared transmission spectrum of WASP-39b," Nature, Nature, vol. 626(8001), pages 979-983, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:626:y:2024:i:8001:d:10.1038_s41586-024-07040-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07040-9
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