Detecting and Characterizing hot-Jupiter Exoplanet Atmospheres.
David SING
IAP
Résumé :
For nearly one decade, transit events have provided an extraordinary
abundance of information for close in Jupiter size exoplanets. Most
notably, transits permit a precise measurement of a planets mass,
radius, and temperature which has led to knowledge of planetary bulk
composition as well as atmospheric content and structure. Enough
transiting hot-Jupiters and their characteristics are now known such
that two different classes of these planets are now emerging, the
beginnings of comparative exoplanetology.
In this talk I will discuss previous and ongoing space and ground
based transit observations as well as the interpretations of such
results, focusing primarily on planetary atmospheres. I will also
detail secondary eclipse measurements of the very hot-Jupiter Ogle-
Tr-56b recently made using ground-based telescopes. Finally, I will
discuss the future prospects for transit science considering planned
future space and ground based telescopes.
