The upper atmosphere of the exoplanet HD209458b revealed by the sodium D lines: temperature-pressure profile, ionization layer and thermosphere (Corrigendum)

A. Vidal-Madjar (1) , C. M. Huitson , A. Lecavelier Des Etangs (1) , D. K. Sing , R. Ferlet (1) , J. -M. Désert , G. Hébrard (1) , I. Boisse (1) , D. Ehrenreich (2) , C. Moutou (3)

1 IAP - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
2 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
3 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

An error was detected in the code used for the analysis of the HD209458b sodium profile (Vidal-Madjar et al. 2011). Here we present an updated T-P profile and briefly discuss the consequences.

Keywords: methods: observational; techniques: spectroscopic; planets and satellites: atmospheres; methods: data analysis; Errata; addenda; stars: individual: HD209458

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]

A. Vidal-Madjar, C. M. Huitson, A. Lecavelier Des Etangs, D. K. Sing, R. Ferlet, et al.. The upper atmosphere of the exoplanet HD209458b revealed by the sodium D lines: temperature-pressure profile, ionization layer and thermosphere (Corrigendum). Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2011, 533, ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201015698e⟩. ⟨insu-03645909⟩