Aug 2006
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The Ultraviolet Universe: Stars from Birth to Death, 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 4, 16-17 August 2006, Prague, Cze
Physics
Scientific paper
Almost 200 extrasolar planets have been discovered since 1995, when the first one was detected orbiting the solar type star 51 Peg. The extrasolar planets known so far show a variety of characteristics, in some cases not at all represented in our solar system. The "hot Jupiters", in particular, were not predicted by models before being discovered: they are gas giant planets orbiting at only few stellar radii. This peculiarity gives us the unique opportunity of exploring their upper atmosphere while they transit in front of their parent star. Among the atmospheric species detected so far with this method, we can list NaI, in the visible, and HI, OI and CII in the far UV. These UV detections, in particular, unveiled a even more striking feature: the upper atmosphere of these exoplanets is evaporating at a very fast pace, in a "blow off" process.
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