The science of ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey)
G. Tinetti
(1)
,
P. Drossart
(2)
,
P. Eccleston
,
P. Hartogh
(3)
,
A. Heske
,
J. Leconte
(4)
,
G. Micela
(5)
,
M. Ollivier
(6)
,
G. Pilbratt
(7)
,
L. Puig
(8)
,
D. Turrini
,
B. Vandenbussche
,
P. Wolkenberg
(9)
,
E. Pascale
,
J.-P. Beaulieu
(10)
,
M. Güdel
(11)
,
M. Min
(12)
,
M. Rataj
,
T. Ray
,
I. Ribas
(13)
,
J. Barstow
(14)
,
N. Bowles
(15)
,
A. Coustenis
(2)
,
V. Coudé Du Foresto
(2)
,
L. Decin
,
T. Encrenaz
(2)
,
F. Forget
(16)
,
M. Friswell
(17)
,
M. Griffin
(18)
,
P. O. Lagage
(19)
,
P. Malaguti
,
A. Moneti
(10)
,
J. C. Morales
,
E. Pace
,
M. Rocchetto
(20)
,
S. Sarkar
,
Franck Selsis
(4)
,
W. Taylor
,
J. Tennyson
(21)
,
O. Venot
(22)
,
I. P. Waldmann
,
Gavin Wright
(23)
,
T. Zingales
,
M. R. Zapatero-Osorio
1
UCL -
University College of London [London]
2 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
3 MPS - Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
4 ECLIPSE 2016
5 OAPa - INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
6 IGFL - Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon
7 ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
8 UV - Universitat de València = University of Valencia
9 CBK - Space Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences
10 IAP - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
11 Institute for Astronomy [Vienna]
12 AI PANNEKOEK - Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek
13 Dpto. de Organización de Empresas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial de Barcelona
14 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Leicester]
15 AOPP - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics [Oxford]
16 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
17 College of Engineering
18 School of Physics and Astronomy [Cardiff]
19 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
20 UNIVR - Università degli studi di Verona = University of Verona
21 Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London]
22 KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
23 McMaster University [Hamilton, Ontario]
2 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
3 MPS - Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
4 ECLIPSE 2016
5 OAPa - INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
6 IGFL - Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon
7 ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
8 UV - Universitat de València = University of Valencia
9 CBK - Space Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences
10 IAP - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
11 Institute for Astronomy [Vienna]
12 AI PANNEKOEK - Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek
13 Dpto. de Organización de Empresas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial de Barcelona
14 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Leicester]
15 AOPP - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics [Oxford]
16 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
17 College of Engineering
18 School of Physics and Astronomy [Cardiff]
19 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
20 UNIVR - Università degli studi di Verona = University of Verona
21 Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London]
22 KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
23 McMaster University [Hamilton, Ontario]
P. Drossart
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P. Eccleston
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A. Heske
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J. Leconte
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D. Turrini
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B. Vandenbussche
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E. Pascale
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J.-P. Beaulieu
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M. Rataj
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T. Ray
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A. Coustenis
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L. Decin
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F. Forget
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P. Malaguti
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J. C. Morales
- Fonction : Auteur
E. Pace
- Fonction : Auteur
S. Sarkar
- Fonction : Auteur
W. Taylor
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O. Venot
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I. P. Waldmann
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T. Zingales
- Fonction : Auteur
M. R. Zapatero-Osorio
- Fonction : Auteur
Résumé
The Atmospheric Remote-Sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL) is one of the three candidate missions selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for its next medium-class science mission due for launch in 2026. The goal of the ARIEL mission is to investigate the atmospheres of several hundred planets orbiting distant stars in order to address the fundamental questions on how planetary systems form and evolve. During its four (with a potential extension to six) years mission ARIEL will observe 500+ exoplanets in the visible and the infrared with its meter-class telescope in L2. ARIEL targets will include gaseous and rocky planets down to the Earth-size around different types of stars. The main focus of the mission will be on hot and warm planets orbiting close to their star, as they represent a natural laboratory in which to study the chemistry and formation of exoplanets. The ARIEL mission concept has been developed by a consortium of more than 50 institutes from 12 countries, which include UK, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Ireland and Portugal. The analysis of the ARIEL spectra and photometric data in the 0.5-7.8 micron range will allow to extract the chemical fingerprints of gases and condensates in the planets' atmospheres, including the elemental composition for the most favorable targets. It will also enable the study of thermal and scattering properties of the atmosphere as the planet orbit around the star. ARIEL will have an open data policy, enabling rapid access by the general community to the high-quality exoplanet spectra that the core survey will deliver.