TY  - GEN
TI  - The atmospheric remote-sensing infrared exoplanet large-survey (Ariel) sensitivity and performance
KW  - Astronomy
KW  -  Instrumentation
KW  -  Exoplanets
KW  -  Spectroscopy
KW  -  Space
KW  -  Transit
KW  -  Telescope
KW  -  Atmosphere
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3017657
AV  - public
ID  - discovery10197946
SN  - 0277-786X
N1  - This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
PB  - SPIE
A1  - Pascale, Enzo
A1  - Bocchieri, Andrea
A1  - Eccleston, Paul
A1  - Mugnai, Lorenzo V
A1  - Savini, Giorgio
A1  - Syty, Angele
A1  - Thurairethinam, Vinooja
A1  - Tinetti, Giovanna
Y1  - 2024/08/23/
CY  - Bellingham, WA, USA
N2  - The Ariel space mission will characterize spectroscopically the atmospheres of a large and diverse sample of hundreds of exoplanets. Targets will be chosen to cover a wide range of masses, densities, equilibrium temperatures, and host stellar types to study the physical mechanisms behind the observed diversity in the population of known exoplanets. With a 1-m class telescope, Ariel will detect the atmospheric signatures from the small, < 100 ppm, modulation induced by exoplanets on the bright host-star signals, using transit, eclipse, and phase curve spectroscopy. Three photometric and three spectroscopic channels, with Nyquist sampled focal planes, simultaneously cover the 0.5-7.8 micron region of the electromagnetic spectrum, to maximize observing efficiency and to reduce systematics of astrophysical and instrumental origin. This contribution reviews the predicted Ariel performance as well as the design solutions implemented that will allow Ariel to reach the required sensitivity and control of systematics.
ER  -