An integrated payload design for the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL)

Paul Eccleston; Giovanna Tinetti; Jean-Philippe Beaulieu; Manuel Güdel; Paul Hartogh; Giuseppina Micela; Michiel Min; Miroslaw Rataj; Tom Ray; Ignasi Ribas; Bart Vandenbussche; Jean-Louis Auguères; Georgia Bishop; Vania Da Deppo; Mauro Focardi; Thomas Hunt; Giuseppe Malaguti; Kevin Middleton; Gianluca Morgante; Marc Ollivier; Emanuele Pace; Enzo Pascale; William Taylor

doi:10.1117/12.2232878

29 July 2016 An integrated payload design for the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL)

Paul Eccleston, Giovanna Tinetti, Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, Manuel Güdel, Paul Hartogh, Giuseppina Micela, Michiel Min, Miroslaw Rataj, Tom Ray, Ignasi Ribas, Bart Vandenbussche, Jean-Louis Auguères, Georgia Bishop, Vania Da Deppo, Mauro Focardi, Thomas Hunt, Giuseppe Malaguti, Kevin Middleton, Gianluca Morgante, Marc Ollivier, Emanuele Pace, Enzo Pascale, William Taylor

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Proceedings Volume 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 990433 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232878
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

ARIEL (the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) is one of the three candidates for the next ESA medium-class science mission (M4) expected to be launched in 2026. This mission will be devoted to observing spectroscopically in the infrared a large population of warm and hot transiting exoplanets (temperatures from ~500 K to ~3000 K) in our nearby Galactic neighborhood, opening a new discovery space in the field of extrasolar planets and enabling the understanding of the physics and chemistry of these far away worlds. The three candidate missions for M4 are now in a Phase A study which will run until mid-2017 at which point one mission will be selected for implementation. ARIEL is based on a 1-m class telescope feeding both a moderate resolution spectrometer covering the wavelengths from 1.95 to 7.8 microns, and a four channel photometer (which also acts as a Fine Guidance Sensor) with bands between 0.55 and 1.65 microns. During its 3.5 years of operation from an L2 orbit, ARIEL will continuously observe exoplanets transiting their host star.

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Paul Eccleston, Giovanna Tinetti, Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, Manuel Güdel, Paul Hartogh, Giuseppina Micela, Michiel Min, Miroslaw Rataj, Tom Ray, Ignasi Ribas, Bart Vandenbussche, Jean-Louis Auguères, Georgia Bishop, Vania Da Deppo, Mauro Focardi, Thomas Hunt, Giuseppe Malaguti, Kevin Middleton, Gianluca Morgante, Marc Ollivier, Emanuele Pace, Enzo Pascale, and William Taylor "An integrated payload design for the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL)", Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 990433 (29 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232878

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