# AN INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACH TO OPTIMIZE JWST OBSERVATIONS AND RETRIEVALS OF TRANSITING EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES

## Author(s): Howe, Alex R; Burrows, Adam S.; Deming, Drake

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dc.contributor.authorHowe, Alex R-
dc.contributor.authorDeming, Drake-
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-10T19:31:13Z-
dc.date.available2019-04-10T19:31:13Z-
dc.date.issued2017-01-20en_US
dc.identifier.citationHowe, Alex R, Burrows, Adam, Deming, Drake. (2017). AN INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACH TO OPTIMIZE JWST OBSERVATIONS AND RETRIEVALS OF TRANSITING EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 835 (10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/96en_US
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1xx3h-
dc.description.abstractWe provide an example of an analysis to explore the optimization of observations of transiting hot Jupiters with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to characterize their atmospheres. based on a simple three-parameter forward model. We construct expansive forward model sets for 11. hot Jupiters, 10. of which are relatively well. characterized, exploring a range of parameters such as equilibrium temperature and metallicity, as well as considering host stars over a wide range in brightness. We compute posterior distributions of our model parameters for each planet with all of the available JWST spectroscopic modes and several programs of combined observations and compute their effectiveness using the metric of estimated mutual information per degree of freedom. From these simulations, clear trends emerge that provide guidelines for designing a JWST observing program. We demonstrate that these guidelines apply over a wide range of planet parameters and target brightnesses for our simple forward model.en_US
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dc.rightsFinal published version. This is an open access article.en_US
dc.titleAN INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACH TO OPTIMIZE JWST OBSERVATIONS AND RETRIEVALS OF TRANSITING EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERESen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/96-
dc.identifier.eissn1538-4357-
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