Pascale, E;
Bezawada, N;
Barstow, J;
Beaulieu, JP;
Bowles, N;
Coudé Du Foresto, V;
Coustenis, A;
... Zingales, T; + view all
(2018)
The ARIEL space mission.
In: Lystrup, M and MacEwen, HA and Fazio, GG and Batalha, N and Siegler, N and Tong, EC, (eds.)
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave.
(pp. 106980H).
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
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Abstract
The Atmospheric Remote-Sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, ARIEL, has been selected to be the next M4 space mission in the ESA Cosmic Vision programme. From launch in 2028, and during the following 4 years of operation, ARIEL will perform precise spectroscopy of the atmospheres of about 1000 known transiting exoplanets using its metre-class telescope, a three-band photometer and three spectrometers that will cover the 0.5 μm to 7.8 μm region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The payload is designed to perform primary and secondary transit spectroscopy, and to measure spectrally resolved phase curves with a stability of < 100 ppm (goal 10 ppm). Observing from an L2 orbit, ARIEL will provide the first statistically significant spectroscopic survey of hot and warm planets. These are an ideal laboratory in which to study the chemistry, the formation and the evolution processes of exoplanets, to constrain the thermodynamics, composition and structure of their atmospheres, and to investigate the properties of the clouds.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | The ARIEL space mission |
| Event: | SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 10-15 June 2018, Austin, Texas, USA |
| ISBN-13: | 9781510619494 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2311838 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311838 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is the published version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Astronomy, Instrumentation, Exoplanets, Spectroscopy, Space, Transit, Telescope, Atmosphere |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10059619 |
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