Ariel is the fourth European Space Agency (ESA) Cosmic Vision medium class science mission which will use near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy to characterize the atmospheres of approximately 1000 exoplanets, thereby […]
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Data Availability And Requirements Relevant For The Ariel Space Mission And Other Exoplanet Atmosphere Applications
The goal of this white paper is to provide a snapshot of the data availability and data needs primarily for the Ariel space mission, but also for related atmospheric studies […]
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ARES VI: Viability Of One-dimensional Retrieval Models For Transmission Spectroscopy Characterization Of Exo-atmospheres In The Era Of JWST And Ariel
Observed exoplanet transit spectra are usually retrieved using 1D models to determine atmospheric composition while planetary atmospheres are 3D.
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Simulation-based Inference for Exoplanet Atmospheric Retrieval: Insights from winning the Ariel Data Challenge 2023 using Normalizing Flows
Advancements in space telescopes have opened new avenues for gathering vast amounts of data on exoplanet atmosphere spectra. However, accurately extracting chemical and physical properties from these spectra poses significant […]
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Detecting Molecules In Ariel Low Resolution Transmission Spectra
The Ariel Space Mission aims to observe a diverse sample of exoplanet atmospheres across a wide wavelength range of 0.5 to 7.8 microns. The observations are organized into four Tiers, […]
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Exoplanet Surveyor Ariel Passes Major Milestone
Ariel, ESA’s next-generation mission to observe the chemical makeup of distant exoplanets, has passed a major milestone after successfully completing its payload Preliminary Design Review (PDR).
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The Ariel Target List: The Impact of TESS and the Potential for Characterising Multiple Planets Within a System
The ESA Ariel mission has been adopted for launch in 2029 and will conduct a survey of around one thousand exoplanetary atmospheres during its primary mission life. By providing homogeneous […]
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Ariel: Enabling Planetary Science Across Light-years
Ariel, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, was adopted as the fourth medium-class mission in ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme to be launched in 2029.