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斯皮策对凌日系外行星HD189733b中水的搜寻

A Spitzer Search for Water in the Transiting Exoplanet HD189733b

David Ehrenreich, Guillaume Hébrard, Alain Lecavelier Des Etangs, David K Sing, Jean-Michel Désert, François Bouchy, Roger Ferlet, Alfred Vidal-Madjar

摘要:

我们目前斯皮策太空望远镜观测太阳系外行星HD 189733 b的主要过境,同时获得在3.6和5.8微米的红外线阵列相机。系统参数,包括行星半径,恒星半径,和碰撞参量来自于在两个波长的过境光变曲线拟合。我们测量了两个一致的行星-恒星半径比,(Rp/Rs)[3.6 $μ$ m] = 0.1560 +/- 0.0008(stat)+/- 0.0002(syst)和(Rp/Rs)[5.8 $μ$ m] = 0.1541 +/- 0.0009(stat)+/- 0.0009(syst),其中包括凌日基线中的随机误差和系统误差。虽然行星半径的精确度为1%,但如果考虑到所有的不确定性,所产生的误差条仍然太大,无法检测到大气成分,如水蒸气。这说明需要用尽可能长的出凌基线观测多次凌日,以达到太阳系外巨行星透射光谱所需的精度。

英文摘要:

We present Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the extrasolar planet HD189733b primary transit, obtained simultaneously at 3.6 and 5.8 microns with the Infrared Array Camera. The system parameters, including planetary radius, stellar radius, and impact parameter are derived from fits to the transit light curves at both wavelengths. We measure two consistent planet-to-star radius ratios, (Rp/Rs)[3.6$μ$m] = 0.1560 +/- 0.0008(stat) +/- 0.0002(syst) and (Rp/Rs)[5.8$μ$m] = 0.1541 +/- 0.0009(stat) +/- 0.0009(syst), which include both the random and systematic errors in the transit baseline. Although planet radii are determined at 1%-accuracy, if all uncertainties are taken into account the resulting error bars are still too large to allow for the detection of atmospheric constituants like water vapour. This illustrates the need to observe multiple transits with the longest possible out-of-transit baseline, in order to achieve the precision required by transmission spectroscopy of giant extrasolar planets.

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