Methane in the atmosphere of the transiting hot Neptune GJ436b?

J.-P. Beaulieu (1) , G. Tinetti (2) , D.M. Kipping , I. Ribas (3) , R.J. Barber , J.Y.K. Cho , I. Polichtchouk , J. Tennyson (4) , S.N. Yurchenko , C. Griffith (5) , V. Battista , I. Waldmann (2) , S. Miller , S. Carey , O. Mousis (6) , S.J. Fossey , A. Aylward (2)

1 IAP - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
2 UCL - University College of London [London]
3 ICE-CSIC - Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai [Barcelona]
4 Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London]
5 LPL - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson]
6 UTINAM - Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213)

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

J.-P. Beaulieu, G. Tinetti, D.M. Kipping, I. Ribas, R.J. Barber, et al.. Methane in the atmosphere of the transiting hot Neptune GJ436b?. The Astrophysical Journal, 2011, 731, pp.16. ⟨hal-00646122⟩