JUPITER MODELS WITH IMPROVED AB INITIO HYDROGEN EQUATION OF STATE (H-REOS.2)
JUPITER MODELS WITH IMPROVED AB INITIO HYDROGEN EQUATION OF STATE (H-REOS.2)
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DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/750/1/52
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发表时间:
2012-05-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Redmer, R.
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作者:
Nettelmann, N.;Becker, A.;Redmer, R.
The amount and distribution of heavy elements in Jupiter gives indications on the process of its formation and evolution. Core mass and metallicity predictions, however, depend on the equations of state (EOSs) used and on model assumptions. We present an improved ab initio hydrogen EOS, H-REOS. 2, and compute the internal structure and thermal evolution of Jupiter within the standard three-layer approach. The advance over our previous Jupiter models with H-REOS. 1 by Nettelmann et al. is that the new models are also consistent with the observed greater than or similar to 2 times solar heavy element abundances in Jupiter's atmosphere. Such models have a rock core mass M-c = 0-8 M-circle plus, total mass of heavy elements M-Z = 28-32 M-circle plus, a deep internal layer boundary at >= 4 Mbar, and a cooling time of 4.4-5.0 Gyr when assuming homogeneous evolution. We also calculate two-layer models in the manner of Militzer et al. and find a comparable large core of 16-21 M-circle plus, out of which similar to 11 M-circle plus is helium, but a significantly higher envelope metallicity of 4.5 times solar. According to our preferred three-layer models, neither the characteristic frequency (nu(0) similar to 156 mu Hz) nor the normalized moment of inertia (lambda similar to 0.276) is sensitive to the core mass but accurate measurements could well help to rule out some classes of models.