10 papers
An Observational Study of Systematics in Differential Transmission Spectroscopy Using HFOSC on the Himalayan Chandra Telescope
Manjunath Bestha, Athira Unni, T Sivarani +2
Ground-based low-resolution transmission spectroscopy requires photometric precision of a few hundred parts per million, making it sensitive to instrumental and atmospheric systema…
A new broadband atmospheric dispersion corrector for HROS-TMT
Manjunath Bestha, Thirupathi Sivarani, Bachar Wehbe +7
Atmospheric dispersion causes light from celestial objects with different wavelengths to refract at varying angles as it passes through Earth's atmosphere. This effect results in a…
Addressing wavelength-correlated systematics in exoplanet transmission spectroscopy: a 2D Gaussian Process approach
Lokesh Manickavasaham, Manjunath Bestha, Sivarani Thirupathi +2
Ground-based transmission spectroscopy is often dominated by systematics, which obstructs our ability to leverage the advantages of larger aperture sizes compared to space-based ob…
Atmospheric Dispersion Measurement at Hanle Site
Manjunath Bestha, Sivarani Thirupathi, Athira Unni +2
Atmospheric dispersion introduces wavelength-dependent effects that significantly impact ground-based observations, particularly in slit- and fibre-fed spectroscopic studies. These…
A multi-object approach for studying exoplanet atmospheres using high-resolution spectrographs
Manjunath Bestha, Athira Unni, T. Sivarani +5
Atmospheric characterization of exoplanets has traditionally relied on Low-Resolution Transmission Spectroscopy (LRTS), obtained from both space- and ground-based facilities, as we…
An Initial Assessment of the Hanle Echelle Spectrograph for Exoplanet Atmosphere Studies
Manjunath Bestha, Athira Unni, T. Sivarani +6
Transmission spectroscopy is an effective technique for probing exoplanetary atmospheres. While most observations have relied on space facilities such as HST and JWST, ground-based…