Characterizing the Atmospheres of Irradiated Exoplanets at High Spectral Resolution
Abstract
We describe the potential of high-resolution cross-correlation spectroscopy on the Extremely Large Telescopes to 1) robustly measure atmospheric circulation and planetary rotation for hot Jupiters, and 2) measure atmospheric mass-loss and extract atmospheric composition information for sub- Neptunes, super-Earths and disintegrating planets.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1903.09173
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1903.09173
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51c.422D
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey