Ground- and Space-based Detection of the Thermal Emission Spectrum of the Transiting Hot Jupiter KELT-2Ab
Ground- and Space-based Detection of the Thermal Emission Spectrum of the Transiting Hot Jupiter KELT-2Ab
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凌日热木星 KELT-2Ab 热发射光谱的地基和空基探测
作者:
D. Piskorz;C. Buzard;M. Line;H. Knutson;B. Benneke;N. Crockett;A. Lockwood;G. Blake;T. Barman;C. Bender;D. Deming;J. Johnson
We describe the detection of water vapor in the atmosphere of the transiting hot Jupiter KELT-2Ab by treating the star–planet system as a spectroscopic binary with high-resolution, ground-based spectroscopy. We resolve the signal of the planet’s motion with deep combined flux observations of the star and the planet. In total, six epochs of Keck NIRSPEC L-band observations were obtained, and the full data set was subjected to a cross-correlation analysis with a grid of self-consistent atmospheric models. We measure a radial projection of the Keplerian velocity, KP, of 148 ± 7 km s−1, consistent with transit measurements, and detect water vapor at 3.8σ. We combine NIRSPEC L-band data with Spitzer IRAC secondary eclipse data to further probe the metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen ratio of KELT-2Ab’s atmosphere. While the NIRSPEC analysis provides few extra constraints on the Spitzer data, it does provide roughly the same constraints on metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen ratio. This bodes well for future investigations of the atmospheres of non-transiting hot Jupiters.
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6.5
作者:
Amundsen D
通讯作者:
Amundsen D