This report describes simulations of observations with the near-infrared high-resolution spectrometer SIMPLE that is proposed to the ESO telescope E-ELT. We simulate M4 and G2 stars with transiting Earth-like planets and the goal is to distinguish spectral features originating from the atmosphere of the exoplanet. Noise levels of different magnitudes are added to the simulations and the minimal signal-to-noise required for detection of the atmosphere is estimated. Our conclusion is that detection of atmospheric features looks promising using this setup.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-149020 |
Date | January 2011 |
Creators | Waldén, Pierre, Aronson, Erik |
Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Observationell astrofysik, Uppsala universitet, Observationell astrofysik |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Relation | FYSAST |
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