Exoplanet-atmospheres at high spectral resolution: A CRIRES survey of hot-Jupiters

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2010-11-18

arxiv.org/abs/1011.4156v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

4 pages, 1 figure: To appear in Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 276 The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure,

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Recently, we presented the detection of carbon monoxide in the transmission spectrum of extrasolar planet HD209458b, using CRIRES, the Cryogenic high-resolution Infrared Echelle Spectrograph at ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The high spectral resolution observations (R=100,000) provide a wealth of information on the planet's orbit, mass, composition, and even on its atmospheric dynamics. The new observational strategy and data analysis techniques open up a whole world of opportunities. We therefore started an ESO large program using CRIRES to explore these, targeting both transiting and non-transiting planets in carbon monoxide, water vapour, and methane. Observations of the latter molecule will also serve as a test-bed for METIS, the proposed mid-infrared imager and spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope.

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