Exoplanet demographics and characterisation through atmospheric transmission spectroscopy.

该项目涉及系外行星大气研究网络（SPEARNET）的光谱和光度测定。SPEARNET是曼彻斯特大学领导的一项新的国际调查，涉及曼彻斯特大学、开放大学、泰国NARIT和印度ARIES的同事。它使用全球分布的光学和红外望远镜网络，孔径从0.5米到8米，对系外行星的凌日进行多历元、多波长的观测。多波长观测用于测量热木星和海王星大气的透射光谱。SPEARNET的目标是为如何在一个时代进行最佳的、客观选择的系外行星大气统计研究提供一个测试平台，在这个时代，由于NASA的TESS、ESA plato和ESA ARIEL等任务，我们期望有更多的目标，而不是我们能够从地面跟进。

The project involves working within the Spectroscopy and Photometry of Exoplanet AtmopsheresResearch Network (SPEARNET). SPEARNET is a new Manchester-led international survey, involvingcolleagues at Manchester, Open University, NARIT (Thailand) and ARIES (India). It is using a globallydistributed network of optical and IR telescopes, from 0.5m to 8m aperture, to undertake multiepoch,multi-wavelength observations of exoplanet transits. The multiwavelength observations areused to measure the transmission spectrum of the atmospheres of Hot Jupiters and Neptunes. Thegoal of SPEARNET is to provide a testbed for how to conduct optimal, objectively-selected statisticalstudies of exoplanet atmospheres in an era where, thanks to missions such as NASA TESS, ESA PLATOand ESA ARIEL, we expect to have far more targets than we are able to follow up from the ground.