Transiting exoplanets characterization with the SOPHIE spectrograph at OHP

G. HÉBRARD; F. BOUCHY; R. F. DÍAZ; C. MOUTOU; A. SANTERNE

Nantes

Congreso; EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011; 2011

The SOPHIE environmentally-stabilized echelle spectrograph at Haute-Provence Observatory is widely used for the radial velocity follow-up of photometric surveys for transiting planets detections, including ground- and space-based projects (SuperWASP, HAT, CoRoT, Kepler...). Such spectroscopic observations are mandatory to establish the planetary nature of transiting candidates and to characterize the detected planetary systems. Ground-based spectrographs as SOPHIE will be an essential part for the detection, characterization, and study of planets detected by the future surveys as PLATO and TESS.