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Direct Detection of Thermal Emission from Extra-Solar Planets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Matthew Kenworthy ,
Philip Hinz  and
Roger Angel
Matthew Kenworthy
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson AZ 85721, USA
Philip Hinz
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson AZ 85721, USA
Roger Angel
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson AZ 85721, USA

Abstract

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We present a new test for the direct detection of extra-solar planets that relies on the presence of a strong molecular absorption band in the thermal emission from the planetary atmosphere. This signature will be sought by the method of differential astrometry, in which the astrometric centroid positions are compared in and out of the molecular band.

Type
Part V: Discovery and study of extrasolar planets - future
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 202: Planetary Systems in the Universe – Observation, Formation and Evolution , 2004 , pp. 455 - 457
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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