SPICES: a 1.5-m space coronagraph for spectro-polarimetric characterization of cold exoplanets

[en] The study of the physico-chemical properties of wide-separated exoplanets (> 1 AU) is a major goal of high-contrast imaging techniques. SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) is a project of space coronagraph dedicated to the spectro-polarimetric analysis of gas and ice giant planets, super-Earths and circumstellar disks in visible light at a spectral resolution of about 40. After recalling the science cases of the mission, we describe the optical design and the critical subsystems of the instrument. We then discuss the SPICES performance that we derived from numerical simulations. <P />

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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics

Author, co-author :

Maire, Anne-Lise ; LESIA, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris (France)

Boccaletti, Anthony; LESIA, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris (France)

Schneider, Jean; LUTH, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris (France)

Galicher, Raphaël; NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (Canada)

Baudoz, Pierre; LESIA, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris (France)

Stam, Daphne; SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (Netherlands)

Traub, Wesley; Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)

Lagage, Pierre-Olivier; Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (France)

Gratton, Raffaele; INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy))

Language :

English

Title :

SPICES: a 1.5-m space coronagraph for spectro-polarimetric characterization of cold exoplanets

Publication date :

01 September 2012

Event name :

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave

Event date :

July 2012

Main work title :

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave

Pages :

84420I

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https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8442E..0IM

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