@article{KelesMallonnKitzmannetal.2022, author = {Keles, Engin and Mallonn, Matthias and Kitzmann, Daniel and Poppenh{\"a}ger, Katja and Hoeijmakers, H. Jens and Ilyin, Ilya and Alexoudi, Xanthippi and Carroll, Thorsten A. and Alvarado-Gomez, Julian and Ketzer, Laura and Bonomo, Aldo S. and Borsa, Francesco and Gaudi, B. Scott and Henning, Thomas and Malavolta, Luca and Molaverdikhani, Karan and Nascimbeni, Valerio and Patience, Jennifer and Pino, Lorenzo and Scandariato, Gaetano and Schlawin, Everett and Shkolnik, Evgenya and Sicilia, Daniela and Sozzetti, Alessandro and Foster, Mary G. and Veillet, Christian and Wang, Ji and Yan, Fei and Strassmeier, Klaus G.}, title = {The PEPSI exoplanet transit survey (PETS) I: Investigating the presence of a silicate atmosphere on the super-earth 55 Cnc e}, series = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, volume = {513}, journal = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, number = {1}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0035-8711}, doi = {10.1093/mnras/stac810}, pages = {1544 -- 1556}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The study of exoplanets and especially their atmospheres can reveal key insights on their evolution by identifying specific atmospheric species. For such atmospheric investigations, high-resolution transmission spectroscopy has shown great success, especially for Jupiter-type planets. Towards the atmospheric characterization of smaller planets, the super-Earth exoplanet 55 Cnc e is one of the most promising terrestrial exoplanets studied to date. Here, we present a high-resolution spectroscopic transit observation of this planet, acquired with the PEPSI instrument at the Large Binocular Telescope. Assuming the presence of Earth-like crust species on the surface of 55 Cnc e, from which a possible silicate-vapor atmosphere could have originated, we search in its transmission spectrum for absorption of various atomic and ionized species such as Fe , Fe (+), Ca , Ca (+), Mg, and K , among others. Not finding absorption for any of the investigated species, we are able to set absorption limits with a median value of 1.9 x R-P. In conclusion, we do not find evidence of a widely extended silicate envelope on this super-Earth reaching several planetary radii.}, language = {en} }