THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES OF EQUATORIAL WAVES AND THE RESULTING SUPER-ROTATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF A TIDALLY LOCKED HOT JUPITER

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 793; no. 2; pp. 141 - 25
• Main Authors: Tsai, Shang-Min, Dobbs-Dixon, Ian, Gu, Pin-Gao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2014
• Subjects: ACCELERATION; APPROXIMATIONS; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; Atmospheres; EQUILIBRIUM; Extrasolar planets; Gas giant planets; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HYDRODYNAMICS; Jupiter atmosphere; JUPITER PLANET; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; RESONANCE; ROTATION; SATELLITE ATMOSPHERES; SIMULATION; SPIN; Three dimensional; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TRAPPING; VELOCITY

Three-dimensional (3D) equatorial trapped waves excited by stellar isolation and the resulting equatorial super-rotating jet in a vertical stratified atmosphere of a tidally locked hot Jupiter are investigated. Taking the hot Jupiter HD 189733b as a fiducial example, we analytically solve linear equ...