Conference proceeding
CUTE: The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment
SECOND BRITE-CONSTELLATION SCIENCE CONFERENCE - SMALL SATELLITES - BIG SCIENCE, Vol.5, pp.73-75
Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society
01/01/2017
Abstract
Exoplanets in short-period orbits provide a unique opportunity to observe phenomena critical to the development and evolution of our own solar system, including atmospheric escape, interaction with the host star, and the potential to study exoplanetary magnetism. At present, the theories explaining upper atmosphere observations exceed the number of relevant transit observations because these processes cannot be observed in broad-band visible/NIR light curves. Owing to their large sizes and short-periods, the physics of atmospheric mass loss can be studied on hot Jovian and Neptunian-mass planets by a dedicated small instrument operating at ultraviolet wavelengths, such as the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE). CUTE will monitor planetary transits at near-ultraviolet wavelengths to study the physics of atmospheric escape and possibly detect the presence of magnetic fields on exoplanets.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- CUTE: The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment
- Creators
- L. Fossati - Austrian Acad Sci, Space Res Inst, Schmiedlstr 6, A-8042 Graz, AustriaK. France - Univ Colorado, Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, 600 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 USAB. Fleming - Univ Colorado, Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, 600 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 USAT. Koskinen - University of ArizonaA. Vidotto - Trinity College DublinM. Beasley - Jackson Memorial HospitalJ. -M. Desert - University of AmsterdamK. Hoadley - Univ Colorado, Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, 600 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 USAR. Kohnert - Univ Colorado, Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, 600 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 USAN. Nell - Univ Colorado, Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, 600 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 USAP. Petit - University of Toulouse
- Contributors
- K Zwintz (Editor)E Poretti (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- SECOND BRITE-CONSTELLATION SCIENCE CONFERENCE - SMALL SATELLITES - BIG SCIENCE, Vol.5, pp.73-75
- Publisher
- Polish Astronomical Soc
- Series
- Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984442012902771
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