A Spitzer transmission spectrum for the exoplanet GJ 436b, evidence for stellar variability, and constraints on dayside flux variations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 735, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Knutson, Heather A ^a   Madhusudhan, Nikku ^b   Cowan, Nicolas B ^c   Christiansen, Jessie L ^d   Agol, Eric ^e   Deming, Drake ^f   Désert, Jean Michel ^g   Charbonneau, David ^g   Henry, Gregory W ^h   Homeier, Derek ⁱ   Langton, Jonathan ^j,k   Laughlin, Gregory ⁱ   Seager, Sara ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^h TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k Principia College   (United States)

^l MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

binaries: eclipsing; planetary systems; stars: activity; techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959972110     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/735/1/27     Document Type: Article

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