CUTE Reveals Escaping Metals in the Upper Atmosphere of the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-189b

CUTE Reveals Escaping Metals in the Upper Atmosphere of the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-189b

Ultraviolet observations of ultrahot Jupiters, exoplanets with temperatures over 2000 K, provide us with an opportunity to investigate if and how atmospheric escape shapes their upper atmosphere. Near-ultraviolet transit spectroscopy offers a unique tool to study this process owing to the presence o...

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Main Authors: A. G. Sreejith, Kevin France, Luca Fossati, Tommi T. Koskinen, Arika Egan, P. Wilson Cauley, Patricio. E. Cubillos, S. Ambily, Chenliang Huang, Panayotis Lavvas, Brian T. Fleming, Jean-Michel Desert, Nicholas Nell, Pascal Petit, Aline Vidotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Exoplanets
Near ultraviolet astronomy
Astronomical techniques
Spectroscopy
Exoplanet atmospheres
Transits
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acef1c

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https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acef1c

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