Broadband transmission spectroscopy of the super-Earth GJ 1214b suggests a low mean molecular weight atmosphere

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 736, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Croll, Bryce ^a   Albert, Loic ^b   Jayawardhana, Ray ^a   Kempton, Eliza Miller Ricci ^c   Fortney, Jonathan J ^c   Murray, Norman ^d   Neilson, Hilding ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

infrared: planetary systems; stars: individual (GJ 1214); techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051498812     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/736/2/78     Document Type: Article

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