The Phase A study of the ESA M4 mission candidate ARIEL

• Published in: Experimental astronomy Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 211 - 239
• Main Authors: Puig, Ludovic, Pilbratt, Göran, Heske, Astrid, Escudero, Isabel, Crouzet, Pierre-Elie, de Vogeleer, Bram, Symonds, Kate, Kohley, Ralf, Drossart, Pierre, Eccleston, Paul, Hartogh, Paul, Leconte, Jeremy, Micela, Giusi, Ollivier, Marc, Tinetti, Giovanna, Turrini, Diego, Vandenbussche, Bart, Wolkenberg, Paulina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.11.2018; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Link
• Subjects: Astronomy; Astrophysics; Boundary conditions; Chemical composition; Chemistry and Earth Sciences; Computer Science; Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Extrasolar planets; Gas giant planets; Neptune; Observations and Techniques; Organic chemistry; Original Article; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Planetary atmospheres; Planetary systems; Planetology; Remote sensing; Research facilities; Sciences of the Universe; Solar system; Statistics for Engineering; Cosmic vision; ESA; Transmission and eclipse spectroscopy; ARIEL; M4; Exoplanets; Phase a study

ARIEL, the Atmospheric Remote sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large survey, is one of the three M-class mission candidates competing for the M4 launch slot within the Cosmic Vision science programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). As such, ARIEL has been the subject of a Phase A study that involved E...