Bibcode
Pallé, E.
Referencia bibliográfica
American Astronomical Society, ESS meeting #3, #111.18. BAAS volume 47 #6, November 2015.
Fecha de publicación:
12
2015
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Descripción
Our group is presently conducting an observational campaign, using the
10-meter Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), to obtain the transmission
spectrum of several exoplanets during a transit event. The GTC
instrument OSIRIS is used in its long-slit spectroscopic mode, covering
the spectral range of 520-1040 nm, and observations are taken using a
set of custom-built slits of various, broad, widths. We integrate the
stellar flux of both stars in different wavelength regions
producing several light curves and fit transit models in order to
obtain the star-to-planet radius ratio Rp/Rs across wavelength. A Markov
Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Bayesian approach is used for the transit
fitting. We will show that with our instrumental setup, OSIRIS has been
able to reach precisions down to 250 ppm (WASP-48b, V=11.06 mag) for
each color light curve 10 nm wide, in a single transit. And accuracies
of the order of 500ppm can be obtained for objects with V=16. Central
transit timing accuracies have been measured down to 6 seconds.Here, we
will present refined planet parameters, the detection of planet
color signatures, and the transmission spectra of a set of know and
unpublished transiting exoplanets. We will also discuss the capabilities
and limitations of GTC with current and future instrumentation, and the
role of GTC as tool for the follow up of faint exoplanet targets.