Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2012
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012aas...21933906w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #339.06
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Here we present HST eclipse spectroscopy spanning 1.1 to 1.7 μm of the CoRoT-2 system using the G141 grism on WFC3. These near-infrared data serve to complement the pre-existing and already-published optical CoRoT data and warm Spitzer infrared observations. CoRoT-2b, the sole planet known in the system, is a member of the Very Hot Jupiter (VHJ) class of exoplanets, and the secondary eclipse was measured with three separate HST visits. We find the albedo of CoRoT-2b upon comparison of optical data, which comprises both thermal and reflected spectral components, and the thermal spectrum as constrained by the Spitzer and WFC3 infrared data. Analysis of the data required characterization of the persistence on the WFC3 detector as it manifests for these observations; it is not insignificant. After compiling results of flux patterns for the majority of the seventeen exoplanets studied in this HST program, we find the extent of the persistence, a linear, additive effect that is strongly dependent upon stimulating flux and time of/since exposure, and subtract it to leave only the true flux received from the CoRoT-2 system in and out of secondary eclipse.
Agol Eric
Burrows Adam
Charbonneau David
Clampin Marc
D'esert J.
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