Super earth explorer: a coronagraphic off-axis space telescope

Schneider, Jean; Boccaletti, A.; Mawet, Dimitri; Baudoz, Pierre; Beuzit, Jean-Luc; Doyon, René; Marley, Mark S.; Stam, Daphné; Tinetti, Giovanna; Traub, W.; Trauger, John T.; Aylward, A. D.; Cho, J. Y-K.; Keller, Christoph U.; Udry, S.

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“…a first generation with a 1.5-2 m class coronagraph suited for giant planets and near-by super-Earths (e. g. Schneider et al 2009) followed by: the NIR (Lillie et al 2001). …”

Section: Investigating More Exoplanets or Habitatsmentioning

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The Far Future of Exoplanet Direct Characterization

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“…a first generation with a 1.5-2 m class coronagraph suited for giant planets and near-by super-Earths (e. g. Schneider et al 2009) followed by: the NIR (Lillie et al 2001). …”

Section: Investigating More Exoplanets or Habitatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Far Future of Exoplanet Direct Characterization

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“…SPICES is an evolution of the former SEE-COAST proposal [11] and belongs to the category of so-called small coronagraphic telescopes derived from the Terrestrial Planet Finder concept [8]. It is a direct imaging mission designed to achieve very high contrasts in order to characterize exoplanetary systems previously identified by other instruments/techniques (radial velocity, astrometry, direct imaging).…”

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SPICES a small space coronagraph to characterize giant and telluric planets in reflected light

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Abstract. SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) was proposed in 2010 for a a five-year M-class mission in the context of ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets located at several AUs (0.5-10 AU) from nearby stars (<25 pc) with masses ranging from a few Jupiter masses down to Super-Earths (∼2 Earth radii, ∼10M ⊕ ), possibly habitable. In addition, circumstellar disks as faint as a few times the zodiacal light in the Solar System can be studied. SPICES is based on a 1.5-m off-axis telescope and can perform spectropolarimetric measurements in the visible (450-900 nm) at a spectral resolution of about 40. This paper summarizes the top science program and the choices made to conceive the instrument. The performance is illustrated for a few emblematic cases.

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“…SPICES is an evolution of the former SEE-COAST proposal (Schneider et al 2009) and belongs to the category of so-called small coronagraphic telescopes derived from the Terrestrial Planet Finder concept (Levine et al 2009). It is a direct imaging mission designed to achieve very high contrasts in order to characterize exoplanetary systems previously identified by other instruments/techniques (radial velocity, astrometry, direct imaging).…”

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confidence: 99%

SPICES: A Mission Concept to Characterize Long Period Planets from Giants to Super-Earths

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Abstract. SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) was proposed in 2010 for a five-year M-class mission in the context of ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets located at several AUs (0.5-10 AU) from nearby stars (<25 pc) with masses ranging from a few Jupiter masses down to super-Earths (∼2 Earth radii, ∼10 M ⊕), possibly habitable. In addition, circumstellar disks as faint as a few times the zodiacal light in the Solar System can be studied. SPICES is based on a 1.5-m off-axis telescope and can perform spectro-polarimetric measurements in the visible (450 -900 nm) at a spectral resolution of about 40. This paper summarizes the top science program and the choices made to conceive the instrument. The performance is illustrated for a few emblematic cases.

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Super earth explorer: a coronagraphic off-axis space telescope

Cited by 43 publications

References 38 publications

The Far Future of Exoplanet Direct Characterization

The Far Future of Exoplanet Direct Characterization

SPICES a small space coronagraph to characterize giant and telluric planets in reflected light

SPICES: A Mission Concept to Characterize Long Period Planets from Giants to Super-Earths

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