The potential of integral field spectroscopy observing extrasolar planet transits

S. Arribas, R. L. Gilliland, W. B. Sparks, L. López-Martín, E. Mediavilla, P. Gómez-Alvarez

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Abstract

We explore the use of Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS) for observing extrasolar planet transits. We show that IFS can improve the photometric accuracy in high S/N time series observations with respect to standard slit spectrophotometry. Ground based observations of HD209458b obtained with WHT + INTEGRAL during a transit have led to an accuracy in relative spectrophotometry (i.e line/continuum) not far from that expected by photon noise. This result indicates that these types of ground based observations can constrain the characterization of the transmission spectrum of extrasolar planets.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationScience Perspectives for 3D Spectroscopy Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching, Germany, 10-14 October 2005
Pages53-62
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

Publication series

NameESO Astrophysics Symposia
Volume2007
ISSN (Print)1431-2433
ISSN (Electronic)1611-6143

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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