Speaker
Paul Eccleston
Description
This talk will present an overview and background of the Ariel mission and payload. Ariel is an ESA M-class science mission designed to conduct transit and eclipse spectroscopy of approximately 1000 transiting exoplanets in order to study the composition of their atmospheres. The payload consists of a 1m-class telescope which feeds two instruments - a combined photometer, guidance and low resolution spectrometer instrument operating from 0.5 - 2 microns, and a medium resolution IR spectrometer operating from 2 - 8 microns. Both instruments use dedicated, optimised IR MCT detectors.
Author
Paul Eccleston