ARIEL ASSESSMENT STUDY REPORT:

March 2017

ARIEL SCIENTIFIC PROPOSAL & OUTCOME OF ESA CDF STUDY:

Link to ESA website

ARIEL YELLOW BOOK TECHNICAL NOTES:

Link to all Technical Notes

PUBLICATIONS ABOUT ARIEL

Bourgalais, J., Carrasco, N., Changeat, Q., Venot, O., Jovanović, L., Pernot, P., Tennyson, J., Chubb, Katy L., Yurchenko, Sergey N., & Tinetti, G. (2020), Ions in the Thermosphere of Exoplanets: Observable Constraints Revealed by Innovative Laboratory Experiments. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 895, Issue 2, id.77.

Skaf N. et al., (2020) ARES II: Characterising the Hot Jupiters WASP-127 b, WASP-79 b and WASP-62 b with HST, Accepted for publication in AJ, arXiv:2005.09615.

Edwards B. N. et al. (2020), ARES I: WASP-76 b, A Tale of Two HST Spectra, Accepted for publication in AJ, arXiv:2005.02374.

D. Turrini, A. Zinzi and J. A. Belinchon (2020) Normalized angular momentum deficit: A tool for comparing the violence of the dynamical histories of planetary systems, A&A, 636, A53.

Pluriel, William; Zingales, Tiziano; Leconte, Jérémy; and Parmentier, Vivien, Strong biases in retrieved atmospheric composition caused by strong day-night chemical heterogeneities , Accepted for publication in A&A.

Changeat, Q., Edwards, B., Al-Refaie, A., F., Tsiaras, A., Waldmann, I. P., Tinetti, G., Disentangling Atmospheric Compositions of K2-18 b with Next Generation Facilities. Submitted ApJ, arXiv:2003.01486.

Petralia, A., Micela, G., Principal Component Analysis to correct data systematics. Case study: K2 light curves, Experimental Astronomy, accepted. arXiv:2003.04123.

J. K Barstow, Q. Changeat, R. Garland, M. R Line, M. Rocchetto, I. P Waldmann (2020), A comparison of exoplanet spectroscopic retrieval tools, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 493, Issue 4, p.4884-4909.

Changeat Q., Al-Refaie A., Mugnai L.V., Edwards B., Waldmann I. P., Pascale E., Tinetti G. (2020), Alfnoor: A Retrieval Simulation of the Ariel Target List, Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal, arXiv:2003.01839v1.

Sarkar S., E. Pascale, A. Papageorgiou, L. Johnson, I. Waldmann, ExoSim: the Exoplanet Observation Simulator, Experimental Astronomy, 2020, arXiv:2002.03739.

Changeat Q., Keyte L., Waldmann I. P., Tinetti G. (2020), Impact of planetary mass uncertainties on exoplanet atmospheric retrievals, Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal, arXiv:1908.06305.

Changeat Q., B. Edwards, I. P. Waldmann, and G. Tinetti, Toward a More Complex Description of Chemical Profiles in Exoplanet Retrievals: A Two-layer Parameterization, The Astrophysical Journal, 886 39, 2019.

Edwards, B. N.; L. Mugnai, G. Tinetti, E. Pascale, and S. Sarkar (2019) An Updated Study of Potential Targets for Ariel, AJ, 157 242.

Middleton K. F. et al., An integrated payload design for the atmospheric remote-sensing infrared exoplanet large-survey (ARIEL): results from phase A and forward look to phase B1, 2019, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11180, id. 1118036, 7 pp.

Sarkar, S. et al., Stellar pulsation and granulation as noise sources in exoplanet transit spectroscopy in the ARIEL space mission, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481, 3, p. 2871-2877, 2018.

Tinetti, G., Drossart, P., Eccleston, P. et al., A chemical survey of exoplanets with ARIEL, Exp Astron (2018) 46: 135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-018-9598-x

Venot, O., Drummond, B., Miguel, Y. et al., A better characterization of the chemical composition of exoplanets atmospheres with ARIEL, Exp Astron (2018) 46: 101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-018-9597-y

Zingales, T., Tinetti, G., Pillitteri, I. et al., The ARIEL mission reference sample, Exp Astron (2018) 46: 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-018-9572-7

Turrini, D., Miguel, Y., Zingales, T. et al., The contribution of the ARIEL space mission to the study of planetary formation, Exp Astron (2018) 46: 45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-017-9570-1

Encrenaz, T., Tinetti, G. & Coustenis, A., Transit spectroscopy of temperate Jupiters with ARIEL: a feasibility study, Exp Astron (2018) 46:31.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-017-9561-2

Puig, L., Pilbratt, G., Heske, A. et al., The Phase A study of the ESA M4 mission candidate ARIEL, Exp Astron (2018) 46: 211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-018-9604-3

Focardi, M., Pace, E., Farina, M. et al., The ARIEL Instrument Control Unit design, Exp Astron (2018) 46: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-017-9560-3

Tinetti, G., Drossart, P., Eccleston, P. et al., A chemical survey of exoplanets with ARIEL, Experimental Astronomy (04 July 2018); doi:10.1007/s10686-018-9598-x

Da Deppo, V., Focardi, M., Middleton, K. et al., An afocal telescope configuration for the ESA ARIEL mission, CEAS Space J (2017) 9: 379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-017-0175-3

Tinetti G. et al., The science of ARIEL, Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 99041X (July 29, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2232370

Puig L.; Pilbratt G. L.; A. Heske; I. Escudero Sanz; Crouzet P. E., ARIEL: an ESA M4 mission candidate, Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 99041W (29 July 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2230964

Eccleston P. et al., An integrated payload design for the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL)​, Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 990433 (July 29, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2232878

Focardi M. et al, The Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanets Large-survey (ARIEL) payload electronic subsystems, Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 990436 (July 29, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2231683

Da Peppo V. et al., Design of an afocal telescope for the ARIEL mission, Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 990434 (July 29, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2230969