How drifting and evaporating pebbles shape giant planets II: Volatiles and refractories in atmospheres

Abstract

Upcoming studies of extrasolar gas giants will give precise insights into the composition of planetary atmospheres with the ultimate goal to link it to the formation history of the planet. Here, we investigate how drifting and evaporating pebbles that enrich the gas phase of the disk influence the chemical composition of growing and migrating gas giants. To achieve this goal, we perform semi analytical 1D models of protoplanetary disks including viscous evolution, pebble drift and evaporation to simulate the growth of planets from planetary embryos to Jupiter mass objects by the accretion of pebbles and gas while they migrate through the disk. The gas phase of the protoplanetary disk is enriched due to the evaporation of inward drifting pebbles crossing evaporation lines, leading to the accretion of large amounts of volatiles into the planetary atmosphere. As a consequence, gas accreting planets are enriched in volatiles (C, O, N) compared to refractories (e.g., Mg, Si, Fe) by up to a factor of 100, depending on the chemical species, its exact abundance and volatility as well as the disk's viscosity. A simplified model for the formation of Jupiter reveals that its nitrogen content can be explained by inward diffusing nitrogen rich vapor, implying that Jupiter does not need to form close to the N2 evaporation front as indicated by previous simulations. However, our model predicts a too low oxygen abundance for Jupiter, implying either Jupiter's migration across the water ice line or an additional accretion of solids into the atmosphere, which can also increase Jupiter's carbon abundance. The accretion of solids will increase the refractory to volatile ratio in planetary atmospheres substantially. We thus conclude that the volatile to refractory ratio can place a strong constraint on planet formation theories making it an important target for future observations.

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