2 papers
astro-ph.SR2019
Constraining Stellar Photospheres as an Essential Step for Transmission Spectroscopy of Small Exoplanets
Benjamin V. Rackham, Arazi Pinhas, Dániel Apai +29
Transmission spectra probe the atmospheres of transiting exoplanets, but these observations are also subject to signals introduced by magnetic active regions on host stars. Here we…
astro-ph.EP2018
Understanding Stellar Contamination in Exoplanet Transmission Spectra as an Essential Step in Small Planet Characterization
Dániel Apai, Benjamin V. Rackham, Mark S. Giampapa +18
Transmission spectroscopy during planetary transits is expected to be a major source of information on the atmospheres of small (approximately Earth-sized) exoplanets in the next t…