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2009ApJ...701..514M - Astrophys. J., 701, 514-520 (2009/August-2)

Detection of thermal emission of XO-2b: evidence for a weak temperature inversion.

MACHALEK P., McCULLOUGH P.R., BURROWS A., BURKE C.J., HORA J.L. and JOHNS-KRULL C.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We estimate flux ratios of the extrasolar planet XO-2b to its host star XO-2 at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 µm with Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope to be 0.00081±0.00017, 0.00098±0.00020, 0.00167±0.00036, and 0.00133±0.00049, respectively. The fluxes provide tentative evidence for a weak temperature inversion in the upper atmosphere, the precise nature of which would need to be confirmed by longer wavelength observations. XO-2b substellar flux of 0.76x109 erg/cm2/s lies in the predicted transition region between atmospheres with and without upper atmospheric temperature inversion.

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Journal keyword(s): binaries: eclipsing - infrared: stars - planetary systems - stars: individual: XO-2

Simbad objects: 21

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