Retrieving day- and nightside atmospheric properties of the ultra-hot Jupiter TOI-2109b. Detection of Fe and CO emission lines and evidence for inefficient heat transport

Abstract

The ultra-hot Jupiter (UHJ) TOI-2109b marks the lower edge of the equilibrium temperature gap between 3500 K and 4500 K, an unexplored thermal regime that separates KELT-9b, the hottest planet yet discovered, from all other currently known gas giants. To study the structure of TOI-2109b's atmosphere, we obtained high-resolution emission spectra of both the planetary day- and nightsides with CARMENES and CRIRES${}^{+}$. By applying the cross-correlation technique, we identified the emission signatures of Fe I and CO, as well as a thermal inversion layer in the dayside atmosphere; no significant H${}_2$O signal was detected from the dayside. None of the analyzed species were detectable from the nightside atmosphere. We applied a Bayesian retrieval framework that combines high-resolution spectroscopy with photometric measurements to constrain the dayside atmospheric parameters and derive upper limits for the nightside hemisphere. The dayside thermal inversion extends from 3200 K to 4600 K, with an atmospheric metallicity consistent with that of the host star (0.36 dex). Only weak constraints could be placed on the C/O ratio ($>$ 0.15). The retrieved spectral line broadening is consistent with tidally locked rotation, indicating the absence of strong dynamical processes. An upper temperature limit of 2400 K and a maximum atmospheric temperature gradient of 700 K/log bar could be derived for the nightside. Comparison of the retrieved dayside T-p profile with theoretical models, the absence of strong atmospheric dynamics, and significant differences in the thermal constraints between the day- and nightside hemispheres suggest a limited heat transport efficiency across the planetary atmosphere. Overall, our results place TOI-2109b in a transitional regime between the UHJs below the thermal gap, which show both CO and H${}_2$O emission lines, and KELT-9b, where molecular features are largely absent.

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