HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: detection of potassium in WASP-31b along with a cloud deck and Rayleigh scattering

We present Hubble Space Telescope optical and near-IR transmission spectra of the transiting hot-Jupiter WASP-31b. The spectrum covers 0.3-1.7 $\mu$m at a resolution $R\sim$70, which we combine with Spitzer photometry to cover the full-optical to IR. The spectrum is dominated by a cloud-deck with a...

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Main Authors: Sing, D, Wakeford, H, Showman, A, Nikolov, N, Fortney, J, Burrows, A, Ballester, G, Deming, D, Aigrain, S, Désert, J, Gibson, N, Henry, G, Knutson, H, Etangs, A, Pont, F, Vidal-Madjar, A, Williamson, M, Wilson, P
Format: Journal article
Published: 2014