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5 papers

astro-ph.EP2025

High-Resolution Echelle Spectroscopy for Solar System Planets: A Planet-as-Point-Source Analogy

Parvathy Menon, Sivarani T, Sriram S +4

Transmission spectroscopy has proven to be an effective technique for characterizing exoplanet atmospheres. However, transmission spectroscopy requires planetary transits, which oc…

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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…

astro-ph.IM2025

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…

astro-ph.EP2025

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…

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A multi-functional fiber positioning system for Extremely Large Telescopes

Manjunath Bestha, T. Sivarani, Arun Surya +7

We present a conceptual design for a fiber positioning system for multi-object high-resolution spectroscopy, designed to be compatible with the upcoming large telescopes with a wid…