SPICES: spectro-polarimetric imaging and characterization of exoplanetary systems. From planetary disks to nearby Super Earths

Journal
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Boccaletti, Anthony
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Schneider, Jean
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Traub, Wes
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Lagage, Pierre-Olivier
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Stam, Daphne
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Trauger, John
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Cahoy, Kerri
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Snik, Frans
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Baudoz, Pierre
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Galicher, Raphael
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Reess, Jean-Michel
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Mawet, Dimitri
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Augereau, Jean-Charles
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Patience, Jenny
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Kuchner, Marc
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Wyatt, Mark
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Pantin, Eric
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Maire, Anne-Lise
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Vérinaud, Christophe
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Ronayette, Samuel
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Dubreuil, Didier
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Min, Michiel
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Rodenhuis, Michiel
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Belikov, Russ
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Guyon, Olivier
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Tamura, Motohide
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Murakami, Naoshi
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Beerer, Ingrid Mary
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SPICES Team
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Mas, M.
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Rouan, D.
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Perrin, G.
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Lacour, S.
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Thébault, P.
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Nguyen, N.
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Ibgui, L.
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Arenou, F.
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Lestrade, J. F.
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N'Diaye, M.
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Dohlen, K.
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Hugot, E.
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Beuzit, J. -L.
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Lagrange, A. -M.
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Martinez, P.
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Barthelemey, M.
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Mugnier, L.
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Keller, C.
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Marley, M.
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Kalas, P.
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Stapelfeldt, K.
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Brown, R.
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Kane, S.
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Martin, E. L.
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Bouy, H.
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Allan, A.
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King, R.
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Vigan, A.
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Churcher, L.
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Udry, S.
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Matsuo, T.
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Nishikawa, J.
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Hanot, C.
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Wolf, S.
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Kaltenegger, L.
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Klahr, H.
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Pilat-Lohinger, E.
DOI
Abstract
SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) is a five-year M-class mission proposed to ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks in the visible (450-900 nm) at a spectral resolution of about 40 using both spectroscopy and polarimetry. By 2020/2022, present and near-term instruments will have found several tens of planets that SPICES will be able to observe and study in detail. Equipped with a 1.5 m telescope, SPICES can preferentially access exoplanets located at several AUs (0.5-10 AU) from nearby stars (<25 pc) with masses ranging from a few Jupiter masses to Super Earths (∼2 Earth radii, ∼10 M⊕) as well as circumstellar disks as faint as a few times the zodiacal light in the Solar System.
Volume
34
Issue
2
Start page
355
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Issn Identifier
0922-6435
Ads BibCode
2012ExA....34..355B
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