A roadmap to the efficient and robust characterization of temperate terrestrial planet atmospheres with JWST
TURBET, Martin
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) [LMD]
Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace [IPSL (FR_636)]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
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Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) [LMD]
Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace [IPSL (FR_636)]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
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en
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2023
Résumé en anglais
Ultra-cool dwarf stars are abundant, long-lived, and uniquely suited to enable the atmospheric study of transiting terrestrial companions with JWST. Amongst them, the most prominent is the M8.5V star TRAPPIST-1 and its ...Lire la suite >
Ultra-cool dwarf stars are abundant, long-lived, and uniquely suited to enable the atmospheric study of transiting terrestrial companions with JWST. Amongst them, the most prominent is the M8.5V star TRAPPIST-1 and its seven planets, which have been the favored targets of eight JWST Cycle 1 programs. While Cycle 1 observations have started to yield preliminary insights into the planets, they have also revealed that their atmospheric exploration requires a better understanding of their host star. Here, we propose a roadmap to characterize the TRAPPIST-1 system -- and others like it -- in an efficient and robust manner. We notably recommend that -- although more challenging to schedule -- multi-transit windows be prioritized to constrain stellar heterogeneities and gather up to 2$\times$ more transits per JWST hour spent. We conclude that in such systems planets cannot be studied in isolation by small programs, thus large-scale community-supported programs should be supported to enable the efficient and robust exploration of terrestrial exoplanets in the JWST era.< Réduire
Mots clés en anglais
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
FOS: Physical sciences
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