The Potential of Integral Field Spectroscopy Observing Extrasolar Planet Transits

Bibcode
2007spts.conf...53A
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-73491-8_10
Arribas, S.; Gilliland, R. L.; Sparks, W. B.; López-Martín, L.; Mediavilla, E.; Gómez-Alvarez, P.
Bibliographical reference

Science Perspectives for 3D Spectroscopy. Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching, Germany, 10-14 October 2005. ESO astrophysics symposia. Edited by M. Kissler-Patig, J.R. Walsh, and M.M. Roth. Series Editor: Bruno Leibundgut, ESO. ISBN 978-3-540-73490-1. Berlin: Springer, 2007, p.53

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6
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4
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1
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Description
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
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Non-refereed

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