Detecting reflected light from exoplanets with high-resolution spectroscopy

by Jorge H. C. Martins (Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências Espaciais - Universidade do Porto)

Wednesday 24 Apr 2019, 14:00 → 15:00 Portugal

Sala de Conferências (Departamento de Física)

The detection of reflected light from exoplanets is a daunting task, pushing current observing facilities to their limits. In this talk I will present a technique that makes use of high-resolution spectroscopic observations of star+planet systems to detect the minute reflected light signal from an exoplanet and how it can be used to charaterize the planet's atmosphere in terms of composition.

[Jorge Martins] CcF.pdf