Gemini/GMOS Transmission Spectroscopy of the Grazing Planet Candidate WD 1856+534 b

@article{Xu2021GeminiGMOSTS,
  title={Gemini/GMOS Transmission Spectroscopy of the Grazing Planet Candidate WD 1856+534 b},
  author={Siyi 偲艺 Xu 许 and Hannah Diamond-Lowe and Ryan J. MacDonald and Andrew M. Vanderburg and Simon Blouin and P. Dufour and Peter Gao and Laura Kreidberg and Sandy K. Leggett and Andrew W. Mann and Caroline V. Morley and Andrew W. Stephens and Christopher E O’Connor and Pa Chia Thao and Nikole K. Lewis},
  journal={The Astronomical Journal},
  year={2021},
  volume={162}
}
WD 1856+534 b is a Jupiter-sized, cool giant planet candidate transiting the white dwarf WD 1856+534. Here, we report an optical transmission spectrum of WD 1856+534 b obtained from ten transits using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph. This system is challenging to observe due to the faintness of the host star and the short transit duration. Nevertheless, our phase-folded white light curve reached a precision of 0.12%. WD 1856+534 b provides a unique transit configuration compared to other… 
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