Journal
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 644, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039454
Keywords
planetary systems; planets and satellites: atmospheres; techniques: spectroscopic
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Funding
- FCT -Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
- FEDER through COMPETE2020 -Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao [UID/FIS/04434/2019, UIDB/04434/2020, UIDP/04434/2020, PTDC/FIS-AST/32113/2017 & POCI-01-0145-FEDER032113, PTDC/FIS-AST/28953/2017 & POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028953, PTDC/FIS-AST/28987/2017 & POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028987]
- FCT [PTDC/FISOUT/29048/2017, IF/00852/2015, IF/00650/2015/CP1273/CT0001, DL 57/2016/CP1364/CT0007, DL57/2016/CP1364/CT0005, CEECIND/00826/2018]
- Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research [PRIN 201278X4FL]
- Progetti Premiali funding scheme
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- SNSF
- European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (project Four Aces grant) [724427]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [IF/01312/2014/CP1215/CT0004]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) under the 2019 Juan de la Cierva Programme
- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU) [AYA2017-86389-P]
- Branco Weiss Fellowship-Society in Science
- European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (project SCORE grant) [851555]
- European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (project FOUR ACES) [724427]
- POPH/FSE (EC)
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [DL 57/2016/CP1364/CT0007] Funding Source: FCT
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Context. The detection and characterization of exoplanet atmospheres is currently one of the main drivers pushing the development of new observing facilities. In this context, high-resolution spectrographs are proving their potential and showing that high-resolution spectroscopy will be paramount in this field.Aims. We aim to make use of ESPRESSO high-resolution spectra, which cover two transits of HD 209458b, to probe the broadband transmission optical spectrum of the planet.Methods. We applied the chromatic Rossiter-McLaughin method to derive the transmission spectrum of HD 209458b. We compared the results with previous HST observations and with synthetic spectra.Results. We recover a transmission spectrum of HD 209458b similar to the one obtained with HST data. The models suggest that the observed signal can be explained by only Na, only TiO, or both Na and TiO, even though none is fully capable of explaining our observed transmission spectrum. Extra absorbers may be needed to explain the full dataset, though modeling approximations and observational errors can also be responsible for the observed mismatch.Conclusions. Using the chromatic Rossiter-McLaughlin technique, ESPRESSO is able to provide broadband transmission spectra of exoplanets from the ground, in conjunction with space-based facilities, opening good perspectives for similar studies of other planets.
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