On the Surface Heating of Synchronously-Spinning Short-Period Jovian Planets

Abstract

We consider the atmospheric flow on short-period extra-solar planets through two-dimensional numerical simulations of hydrodynamics with radiation transfer. One side is always exposed to the irradiation from the host star. The other is always in shadow. The temperature of the day side is determined by the equilibrium which the planetary atmosphere establishes with stellar radiation. Part of the thermal energy deposited on the day side is advected to the night side by a current. The radiation transfer, the night-side temperature distribution and by this the spectroscopic signature of the planet are sensitive functions of the atmospheric opacity. If the atmosphere contains grains with an abundanceand size distribution comparable to that of the interstellar medium, shallow heating occurs on the day side and the night side cools well below the day side. The temperature difference decreases as the abundance of grains is reduced. A simple analytic model of the dissipation of the circulation flow and associated kinetic heating is considered. This heating effect occurs mostly near the photosphere, not deep enough to significantly affect the size of planets. We show that the surface irradiation suppresses convection near the photospheric region on the day side. In some cases convection zones appear near the surface on the night side. This structural modification may influence the response and dissipation of tidal disturbances and alter the circularization and synchronization time scales.

arXiv comment24 pages, 8 figures, submitted to ApJ

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