The Transit Light Source Effect: False Spectral Features and Incorrect Densities for M-dwarf Transiting Planets

The Transit Light Source Effect: False Spectral Features and Incorrect Densities for M-dwarf Transiting Planets

Transmission spectra are differential measurements that utilize stellar illumination to probe transiting exoplanet atmospheres. Any spectral difference between the illuminating light source and the disk-integrated stellar spectrum due to starspots and faculae will be imprinted in the observed transm...

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Main Authors: Rackham, Benjamin V., Apai, Dániel, Giampapa, Mark S.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Dept Astron
Language:en
Published: IOP PUBLISHING LTD 2018
Subjects:
methods: numerical
planets and satellites: atmospheres
planets and satellites: fundamental parameters
stars: activity
starspots
techniques: spectroscopic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627040
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