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Following the discovery of the first transit of an extra-solar planet we made a high-resolution follow-up of this event, in the goal of recovering the transmission spectrum of the planet’s atmosphere. UVES on the VLT was used to get high-quality spectra but no detection can be claimed so far. We also describe prospects in this field of investigation, for the next instrumentation.
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Moutou, C., Coustenis, A., Schneider, J., Queloz, D., Mayor, M., Gilles, R.S. Transmission Spectroscopy for Extrasolar-Planet Studies: UVES Search and Future Prospects. In: Bergeron, J., Monnet, G. (eds) Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation. ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10857019_38
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