Characterizing small planets transiting small stars with SPIRou

A. Santerne; J. -F. Donati; R. Doyon; X. Delfosse; É. Artigau; I. Boisse; X. Bonfils; F. Bouchy; G. Hébrard; C. Moutou; S. Udry; the SPIRou science team

Characterizing small planets transiting small stars with SPIRou

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2013-10-03 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Authors: A. Santerne , J. -F. Donati , R. Doyon , X. Delfosse , É. Artigau , I. Boisse , X. Bonfils , F. Bouchy , G. Hébrard , C. Moutou , S. Udry , the SPIRou science team

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SPIRou, a near infrared spectropolarimeter, is a project of new instrument to be mounted at the Canada France Hawaii Telescope in 2017. One of the main objectives of SPIRou is to reach a radial velocity accuracy better than 1 m/s in the YJHK bands. SPIRou will make a cornerstone into the characterization of Earth-like planets, where the exoplanet statistics is very low. This is even more true for planets transiting M dwarfs, since only 3 low-mass planets have been secured so far to transit such stars. We present here all the synergies that SPIRou will provide to and benefit from photometric transit-search programs from the ground or from space (Kepler, CHEOPS, TESS, PLATO 2.0). We also discuss the impact of SPIRou for the characterization of planets orbiting actives stars.

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space missions and telescopes exoplanets exoplanet transit detection

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@article{arxiv.1310.0748,
  title  = {Characterizing small planets transiting small stars with SPIRou},
  author = {A. Santerne and J. -F. Donati and R. Doyon and X. Delfosse and É. Artigau and I. Boisse and X. Bonfils and F. Bouchy and G. Hébrard and C. Moutou and S. Udry and the SPIRou science team},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.0748},
  year   = {2013}
}

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Proceedings of the 2013 Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Characterizing small planets transiting small stars with SPIRou

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