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Updated Spitzer Emission Spectroscopy of Bright Transiting Hot Jupiter HD 189733b

Author(s): Todorov, Kamen O.; Deming, Drake; Burrows, Adam S.; Grillmair, Carl J

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Abstract: We analyze all existing secondary eclipse time series spectroscopy of hot Jupiter HD 189733b acquired with the now defunct Spitzer/Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) instrument. We describe the novel approaches we develop to remove the systematic effects and extract accurate secondary eclipse depths as a function of wavelength in order to construct the emission spectrum of the exoplanet. We compare our results with a previous study by Grillmair et al. that did not examine all data sets available to us. We are able to confirm the detection of a water feature near 6μm claimed by Grillmair et al. We compare the planetary emission spectrum to three model families—based on isothermal atmosphere, gray atmosphere, and two realizations of the complex radiative transfer model by Burrows et al., adopted in Grillmair et al.’s study. While we are able to reject the simple isothermal and gray models based on the data at the 97% level just from the IRS data, these rejections hinge on eclipses measured within a relatively narrow wavelength range, between 5.5 and 7μm. This underscores the need for observational studies with broad wavelength coverage and high spectral resolution, in order to obtain robust information on exoplanet atmospheres.
Publication Date: 1-Dec-2014
Electronic Publication Date: 12-Nov-2014
Citation: Todorov, Kamen O, Deming, Drake, Burrows, Adam, Grillmair, Carl J. (2014). Updated Spitzer Emission Spectroscopy of Bright Transiting Hot Jupiter HD 189733b. \apj, 796 (100 - 100. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/100
DOI: doi:10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/100
Type of Material: Journal Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: Astrophysical Journal
Version: Final published version. This is an open access article.



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