Characterizing small planets transiting small stars with SPIRou

A. Santerne, J.-F. Donati, R. Doyon, X. Delfosse, E. Artigau, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, F. Bouchy, G. Hébrard, C. Moutou, S. Udry

Abstract
SPIRou, a near infrared spectropolarimeter, is a project of new instrument to be mounted at the Canada France Hawaii Telescope in 2017. One of the main objectives of SPIRou is to reach a radial velocity accuracy better than 1 m.s^-1 in the YJHK bands. SPIRou will make a cornerstone into the characterization of Earth-like planets, where the exoplanet statistics is very low. This is even more true for planets transiting M dwarfs, since only 3 low-mass planets have been secured so far to transit such stars. We present here all the synergies that SPIRou will provide to and benefit from photometric transit-search programs from the ground or from space (Kepler, CHEOPS, TESS, PLATO 2.0). We also discuss the impact of SPIRou for the characterization of planets orbiting actives stars.

SF2A-2013: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics
(Eds.) L. Cambresy, F. Martins, E. Nuss, A. Palacios

Société Francaise d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique
Page 509
2013

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