Alam, MK;
López-Morales, M;
Nikolov, N;
Sing, DK;
Henry, GW;
Baxter, C;
Désert, J-M;
... García Muñoz, AG; + view all
(2020)
The Hubble Space Telescope PanCET Program: An Optical to Infrared Transmission Spectrum of HAT-P-32Ab.
The Astronomical Journal
, 160
(1)
, Article 51. 10.3847/1538-3881/ab96cb.
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Abstract
We present a 0.3−5 μm transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32Ab observed with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and Wide Field Camera 3 instruments mounted on the Hubble Space Telescope, combined with Spitzer Infrared Array Camera photometry. The spectrum is composed of 51 spectrophotometric bins with widths ranging between 150 and 400 Å, measured to a median precision of 215 ppm. Comparisons of the observed transmission spectrum to a grid of 1D radiative-convective equilibrium models indicate the presence of clouds/ hazes, consistent with previous transit observations and secondary eclipse measurements. To provide more robust constraints on the planet’s atmospheric properties, we perform the first full optical to infrared retrieval analysis for this planet. The retrieved spectrum is consistent with a limb temperature of - + 1248 92 92 K, a thick cloud deck, enhanced Rayleigh scattering, and ∼10× solar H2O abundance. We find log(Z/Ze) = - + 2.41 0.07 0.06 , and compare this measurement with the mass–metallicity relation derived for the solar system.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Hubble Space Telescope PanCET Program: An Optical to Infrared Transmission Spectrum of HAT-P-32Ab |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3847/1538-3881/ab96cb |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab96cb |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10105259 |
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