Cool Stars 14 - Submitted Abstract # 62
This version created on 05 October 2006

Infrared Spectroscopic detection of Hot Jupiters


John Barnes, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Hugh Jones, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Chris Leigh, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Andrew Collier Cameron, University of St Andrews, UK

With the advent of near infrared high resolution spectrographs on 8-m
class telescopes, I present a feasibility study for the spectroscopic
detection and characterisation of Close in Extrasolar Giant Planets.
If estimates of the planetary flux at these wavelengths are reliable,
it will be possible to distinguish between a uniform temperature body,
or one in which the hemisphere always facing the star is much hotter.
Obtaining an estimate of the brightness phase function will enable
refinement of atmospheric physics in theoretical models.  The
redistribution of the absorbed stellar flux will have important
implications for planetary atmospheres, such as the ability to form
clouds.

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