The atmospheric remote-sensing infrared exoplanet large-survey (Ariel) sensitivity and performance

Pascale, Enzo, Bocchieri, Andrea, Eccleston, Paul, Mugnai, Lorenzo V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9007-9802, Savini, Giorgio, Syty, Angele, Thurairethinam, Vinooja, Tinetti, Giovanna, Coyle, Laura E., Perrin, Marshall D. and Matsuura, Shuji 2024. The atmospheric remote-sensing infrared exoplanet large-survey (Ariel) sensitivity and performance. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, Yokohama, Japan, 16-22 June 2024. Published in: Coyle, Laura E., Matsuura, Shuji and Perrin, Marshall D. eds. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave. Proceedings SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation SPIE, 10.1117/12.3017657

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Publisher:	SPIE
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 November 2024
Date of Acceptance:	23 August 2024
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2025 11:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173999

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