Barstow, JK;
Irwin, PGJ;
(2016)
Habitable worlds with JWST: transit spectroscopy of the TRAPPIST-1 system?
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
, 461
(1)
L92-L96.
10.1093/mnrasl/slw109.
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Abstract
The recent discovery of three Earth-sized, potentially habitable planets around a nearby cool star, TRAPPIST-1, has provided three key targets for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Depending on their atmospheric characteristics and precise orbit configurations, it is possible that any of the three planets may be in the liquid water habitable zone, meaning that they may be capable of supporting life. We find that present-day Earth levels of ozone, if present, would be detectable if JWST observes 60 transits for innermost planet 1b and 30 transits for 1c and 1d.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Habitable worlds with JWST: transit spectroscopy of the TRAPPIST-1 system? |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1093/mnrasl/slw109 |
Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slw109 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
Keywords: | Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, radiative transfer, methods: data analysis, planets and satellites: atmospheres, EARTH-LIKE PLANETS, WEBB-SPACE-TELESCOPE, ATMOSPHERES, SPECTRA |
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/1529965 |
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