Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2012
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012aas...21940505d&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #405.05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Infrared transmission spectroscopy of the exoplanets HD189733b and XO-1 has been previously reported by Swain et al. and Tinetti et al. based on observations using the NICMOS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. The robustness of those results has been questioned, because derivation of the exoplanetary spectrum required decorrelating strong instrumental systematic effects in the NICMOS data. We here discuss results from HST/WFC3 grism 1.1-1.7 micron spectroscopy of these planets during transit. WFC3 instrumental signatures are smaller in both amplitude and complexity as compared to NICMOS. Moreover, we use a new spatial scan mode to trail the stars perpendicular to the dispersion direction during WFC3 exposures, and this increases the efficiency of the observations and reduces persistence effects in the detector. We derive the 1.4-micron water absorption spectrum of these planets during transit, discuss implications for these exoplanetary atmospheres, and compare our results to the NICMOS spectroscopy.
Agol Eric
Burrows Adam
Charbonneau David
Clampin Marc
D'esert J.
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