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The TRAPPIST-1 planetary system is favourable for transmission spectroscopy and offers the unique opportunity to study rocky planets with possibly non-primary envelopes. We present here the transmission spectrum of the seventh planet of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 A. Gressier , M. Mori , Q. Changeat , B. Edwards , J. P. Beaulieu , E. Marcq , B. Charnay

We perform a detailed study of six transiting planetary systems with relatively bright stars close enough to affect observations of these systems. Light curves are analysed taking into account the contaminating light and its uncertainty. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 J. Southworth , A. J. Bohn , M. A. Kenworthy , C. Ginski , L. Mancini

Aims. We used realistic three-dimensional (3D) radiative hydrodynamical (RHD) simulations from the Stagger-grid and synthetic images computed with the radiative transfer code Optim3D to provide interferometric observables to extract the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Andrea Chiavassa , Roxanne Ligi , Zazralt Magic , Remo Collet , Martin Asplund , Denis Mourard

Mapping distant worlds is the next frontier for exoplanet infrared photometry studies. Ultimately, constraining spatial and temporal properties of an exoplanet atmosphere will provide further insight into its physics. For tidally-locked hot…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-07 Julien de Wit , Michaël Gillon , Brice-Olivier Demory , Sara Seager

We re-visit the principles of transmission spectroscopy for transiting extrasolar planets, focusing on the overlap between the planetary spectrum and the illuminating stellar spectrum. Virtually all current models of exoplanetary…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-24 Drake Deming , Kyle Sheppard

We advocate for the prioritization of high-precision photometric monitoring of exoplanet and brown dwarf companions to detect brightness variability arising from features in their atmospheres. Measurements of photometric variability provide…

In this paper an analytical theory is used to complete the transmission spectrum of HD189733b from near-ultraviolet to infrared (0.33 - 7.85 $\mu m$). The model suggests a new approach which take into account the quantity of light…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-29 Ahmed Daassou , Zouhair Benkhaldoun , Mamoun Ait Moulay Larbi , Youssef Elazhari

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is predicted to make great advances in the field of exoplanet atmospheres. Its 25 m2 mirror means that it can reach unprecedented levels of precision in observations of transit spectra, and can thus…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-10 Joanna K. Barstow , Suzanne Aigrain , Patrick G. J. Irwin , Sarah Kendrew , Leigh N. Fletcher

Detection of a planetary ring of exoplanets remains as one of the most attractive but challenging goals in the field. We present a methodology of a systematic search for exoplanetary rings via transit photometry of long-period planets. The…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-05 Masataka Aizawa , Sho Uehara , Kento Masuda , Hajime Kawahara , Yasushi Suto

We report ground-based transmission spectroscopy of the highly irradiated and ultra-short period hot-Jupiter WASP-103b covering the wavelength range $\approx$ 400-600 nm using the FORS2 instrument on the Very Large Telescope. The light…

We propose a new data analysis method for obtaining transmission spectra of exoplanet atmospheres and brightness variation across the stellar disk from transit observations. The new method is capable of recovering exoplanet atmosphere…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-02 Erik Aronson , Nikolai Piskunov

We present seven light curves of the exoplanet system HAT-P-3, taken as part of a transit timing program using the RISE instrument on the Liverpool Telescope. The light curves are analysed using a Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo algorithm to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 N. P. Gibson , D. Pollacco , S. Barros , C. Benn , D. Christian , M. Hrudková , Y. C. Joshi , F. P. Keenan , E. K. Simpson , I. Skillen , I. A. Steele , I. Todd

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has now started its exploration of exoplanetary worlds. In particular, the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) with its Low-Resolution Spectrometer (LRS) carries out transit, eclipse, and phase-curve…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-04 Achrène Dyrek , Elsa Ducrot , Pierre-Olivier Lagage , Pascal Tremblin , Sarah Kendrew , Jeroen Bouwman , Rémi Bouffet

We present the analysis of the hot-Jupiter KELT-7b using transmission and emission spectroscopy from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), both taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Our study uncovers a rich transmission spectrum which is…

We present the transmission spectrum of the inflated hot-Jupiter WASP-17 b, observed with the STIS and WFC3 instruments aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, allowing for a continuous wavelength coverage from ~0.4 to ~1.7 um. Observations…

Light curves produced by wide-field exoplanet transit surveys such as CoRoT, Kepler, and TESS are affected by sensor-wide systematic noise which is correlated both spatiotemporally and with other instrumental parameters such as photometric…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-05 Jamila Taaki , Athol Kemball , Farzad Kamalabadi

Ultraviolet wavelengths offer unique insights into aerosols in exoplanetary atmospheres. However, only a handful of exoplanets have been observed in the ultraviolet to date. Here, we present the ultraviolet-visible transmission spectrum of…

Stellar photometric variability and instrumental effects, like cosmic ray hits, data discontinuities, data leaks, instrument aging etc. cause difficulties in the characterization of exoplanets and have an impact on the accuracy and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-12 Sz. Csizmadia , A. M. S. Smith , J. Cabrera , P. Klagyivik , A. Chaushev , K. W. F. Lam

We present a re-analysis of archival HST/NICMOS transmission spectroscopy of three exoplanet systems; HD 189733, GJ-436 and XO-1. Detections of several molecules, including H20, CH4 and CO2, have been claimed for HD 189733 and XO-1, but…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Neale P. Gibson , Frederic Pont , Suzanne Aigrain

Context: Transmission spectroscopy has proven to be a useful tool for the study of exoplanet atmospheres, and has lead to the detection of a small number of elements and molecules (Na, K, H$_2$O), but also revealed that many planets show…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-24 M. Lendl , L. Delrez , M. Gillon , N. Madhusudhan , E. Jehin , D. Queloz , D. R. Anderson , B. -O. Demory , C. Hellier