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Burrows ∗  \n∗ Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 Review Published in Nature [V. 513, pp. 345-352, September 18, 2014]  \narXiv : 1409 .7320v1 [ astro-ph .EP] 25 Sep 2014  \nExoplanets are now being discovered in profusion. However, to understand their character requires spectral models and data. These elements of remote sensing can yield temperatures, compositions, and even weather patterns, but only if signi􀀌cant improvements in both the parameter retrieval process and measurements are achieved. Despite heroic e􀀋orts to garner constraining data on exoplanet atmospheres and dynamics, reliable interpretation has oftimes lagged ambition. I summarize the most productive, and at times novel, methods employed to probe exoplanet atmospheres, highlight some of the most interesting results obtained, and suggest various broad theoretical topics in which further work could pay signi􀀌cant dividends.  \nexoplanets | atmospheres | planetary science | spectroscopy | characterization  \nIntroduction  \nThe modern era of exoplanet research started in 1995 with the discovery of the planet 51 Peg b [1] due to the detection of the periodic radial-velocity (RV) Doppler wobble in its star (51 Peg) induced by the planet’s nearly circular orbit. With these data, and knowledge of the star, one could derive orbital period (P) and semi-major axis (a), and constrain the planet’s mass. However, the inclination of the planet’s orbit was unknown and, therefore, only a lower limit to its mass could be determined. With a lower limit of 0.47 MJ (where MJ is the mass of Jupiter), and given its proximity to its primary (a is 􀀘 0.052 A.U.; one hundred times closer to its star than Jupiter is to the Sun), the induced Doppler wobble is optimal for detection by the RV technique. The question was how such a “hot Jupiter” could exist and survive. While its survival is now understood (see section below on “Winds from Planets”), the reason for its close orbital position is still a subject of vigorous debate. Nevertheless, such close-in giants are selected for using the RV technique and soon scores, then hundreds, of such gas giants were discovered in this manner.  \nHowever, aside from a limit on planet mass, and the inference that proximity to its star leads to a hot (􀀘 1000-2000 Kelvin (K)) irradiated atmosphere, no useful physical information on such planets was available with which to study planet structure, their atmospheres, or composition. A breakthrough along the path to characterization and the establishment of a mature 􀀌eld of exoplanet science occurred with the discovery of giant planets, still close-in, that transit the disk of their parent star. The chance of a transit is larger if the planet is close and HD 209458b at a􀀘 0.05 A.U. was the 􀀌rst found [2] . Optical measurements yielded a radius (Rp ) for HD 209458b of 􀀘 1.36 RJ , where RJ is the radius of Jupiter. Jupiter is roughly ten times, and Neptune is roughly four times, the radius of Earth (RE ) . Since then, hundreds of transiting giants have been discovered using ground-based facilities. The magnitude of the attendant diminution of a star’s light during such a primary transit (eclipse) by a planet is the ratio of their areas ( ~~ ~~RR , where Rp and R∗ are the planet’s and star’s radius, respectively), so with knowledge of the star’s radius the planet’s radius can be determined. Along with RV data, since the orbital inclination of a planet in transit is known, one then has a radius􀀀mass pair with which to do some science.  \nThe transit depth for a giant passing in front of a solar-like star is 􀀘 1%, and such a large magnitude can easily be measured with small telescopes from the ground. A smaller Earthlike planet requires the ability to measure transit depths one hundred times more precisely. Soon, many hundreds of gas giants were detected both in transit and via the RV method, the former requiring mo","cbCaifqMFUOs25uH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifqMFUOs25uH","pdf",1071839,13,"English","# Introduction\n## Detection methods: radial velocity and transits\n## From mass and radius to characterization\n## Photometric precision and space missions (Kepler, CoRoT)\n## Nearby targets and follow-up constraints","[{\"question\":\"Why do exoplanet atmosphere studies require both spectral models and improved measurements?\",\"answer\":\"Atmospheric characterization relies on spectral models and remote-sensing data to extract temperatures and compositions, but only works when the retrieval process and measurements improve together.\"},{\"question\":\"How did radial-velocity detection lead to early discoveries of exoplanets like 51 Peg b?\",\"answer\":\"Periodic radial-velocity Doppler wobble in the host star indicated the planet’s nearly circular orbit, enabling estimates of orbital period and planet mass—though inclination limited mass to a lower bound.\"},{\"question\":\"What advantage do transiting planets provide for atmospheric and physical characterization?\",\"answer\":\"Transits make orbital inclination known and allow measurements of transit depth, yielding a planet radius; combined with RV data this enables radius–mass pairing and supports further atmospheric inference.\"}]","Highlights in the Study of Exoplanet Atmospheres - Review | PDF",33]