Detection of Na in WASP-21b's lower and upper atmosphere
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Optical transmission spectroscopy provides crucial constraints on the
reference pressure levels and scattering properties for hot Jupiter
atmospheres. For certain planets, where alkali atoms are detected in the
atmosphere, their line profiles could serve as a good probe to link upper and
lower atmospheric layers. WASP-21b is a Saturn-mass hot Jupiter orbiting a
thick disc star, with a low density and an equilibrium temperature of 1333 K,
which makes it a good target for transmission spectroscopy. Here, we present a
low-resolution transmission spectrum for WASP-21b based in one transit observed
by the OSIRIS spectrograph at the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), and a
high-resolution transmission spectrum based in three transits observed by
HARPS-N at Telescopio Nazinale Galileo (TNG) and HARPS at the ESO 3.6 m
telescope. We performed spectral retrieval analysis on GTC's low-resolution
transmission spectrum and report the detection of Na at a confidence level of
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1432-0746