Astrofísicas: Atmósferas de exoplanetas

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    Detection of Na and K in the Atmosphere of the Hot Jupiter HAT-P-1b with P200/DBSP
    We present a new optical transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-1b based on two transits observed with the Double Spectrograph (DBSP) on the Palomar 200...
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    El elemento más pesado detectado hasta ahora en la atmósfera de un exoplaneta
    Un equipo científico internacional, en el que participa personal investigador del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), ha descubierto el elemento más...
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    Evidence for TiO in the Atmosphere of the Hot Jupiter HAT-P-65 b
    We present the low-resolution transmission spectra of the puffy hot Jupiter HAT-P-65b (0.53 M Jup, 1.89 R Jup, T eq = 1930 K), based on two transits observed...
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    Gliese 12 b: A Temperate Earth-sized Planet at 12 pc Ideal for Atmospheric Transmission Spectroscopy
    Recent discoveries of Earth-sized planets transiting nearby M dwarfs have made it possible to characterize the atmospheres of terrestrial planets via follow-up...
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    High-resolution Emission Spectroscopy of the Ultrahot Jupiter KELT-9b: Little Variation in Day- and Nightside Emission Line Contrasts
    The transmission spectrum of the ultrahot Jupiter KELT-9b (T eq ~ 4000 K) exhibits absorption by several metal species. We searched for atomic and molecular...
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    High-resolution Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of a Temperate Sub-Neptune
    The study of temperate sub-Neptunes is the new frontier in exoplanetary science. A major development in the past year has been the first detection of carbon...
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    Hyades Member K2-136c: The Smallest Planet in an Open Cluster with a Precisely Measured Mass
    K2-136 is a late-K dwarf (0.742 ± 0.039 M ⊙) in the Hyades open cluster with three known, transiting planets and an age of 650 ± 70 Myr. Analyzing K2 photometry...
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    Identification of the Top TESS Objects of Interest for Atmospheric Characterization of Transiting Exoplanets with JWST
    JWST has ushered in an era of unprecedented ability to characterize exoplanetary atmospheres. While there are over 5000 confirmed planets, more than 4000...