The extrasolar planet atmosphere and exosphere: Emission and transmission spectroscopy
arXiv:0812.1930 · doi:10.1017/S1743921308026446
Abstract
We have entered the phase of extrasolar planets characterization, probing their atmospheres for molecules, constraining their horizontal and vertical temperature profiles and estimating the contribution of clouds and hazes. We report here a short review of the current situation using ground based and space based observations, and present the transmission spectra of HD189733b in the spectral range 0.5-24 microns.
8 pages, 3 figures, invited talk at IAU Symposium 253, Transiting planet, Boston May 2008. Pont F., Queloz D., Sasselov., Torres M. and Holman M. editors
References in corpus (16)
- Detection of Thermal Emission from an Extrasolar Planet
- Detection of atmospheric haze on an extrasolar planet: The 0.55 - 1.05 micron transmission spectrum of HD189733b with the Hubble Space Telescope
- TrES-1: The Transiting Planet of a Bright K0V Star
- Sodium Absorption From the Exoplanetary Atmosphere of HD189733b Detected in the Optical Transmission Spectrum
- Atomic and Molecular Opacities for Brown Dwarf and Giant Planet Atmospheres
- Theoretical Spectral Models of the Planet HD 209458b with a Thermal Inversion and Water Emission Bands
- Using Stellar Limb-Darkening to Refine the Properties of HD 209458b
- Hubble Space Telescope times-series photometry of the planetary transit of HD189733: no moon, no rings, starspots
- Dynamics and Disequilibrium Carbon Chemistry in Hot Jupiter Atmospheres, With Application to HD 209458b
- Strong Infrared Emission from the Extrasolar Planet HD189733b
- A Spectrum of an Extrasolar Planet
- Energetic neutral atoms as the explanation for the high velocity hydrogen around HD 209458b
- On the Presence of Water and Global Circulation in the Transiting Planet HD 189733b
- Infrared Transmission Spectra for Extrasolar Giant Planets
- A Spitzer Infrared Radius for the Transiting Extrasolar Planet HD209458b
- 3.8-Micron Photometry During the Secondary Eclipse of the Extrasolar Planet HD 209458b