Speaker
Description
Current space observatories already allow for the spectral characterisation of exoplanetary atmospheres with a level of detail that exceeds what current retrieval and interpretation frameworks can reliably disentangle. The “Origins of Planets for ArieL” project addressed this challenge in preparation to the Ariel mission by creating, ab initio, an extensive physically-realistic library of synthetic exoplanet compositions on which to test, under controlled conditions, the readiness of the Ariel tools and pipelines. To achieve OPAL’s goals, we developed new methodologies, HPC codes and multi-physics simulation pipelines that provide the national community with state-of-the-art tools and the only end-to-end planet formation modeling suite at international level. In this talk I will introduce the OPAL project, the Arχes suite of planet formation that made this effort possible, and how the know-how derived from this project can benefit the Ariel-IT and the national community at large.