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1. Cross-sections for heavy atmospheres: H$_2$O self-broadening

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Anisman, Lara O., Chubb, Katy L., Changeat, Quentin, Edwards, Billy, Yurchenko, Sergei N., Tennyson, Jonathan, Tinetti, Giovanna, Anisman, Lara O., Chubb, Katy L., Changeat, Quentin, Edwards, Billy, Yurchenko, Sergei N., Tennyson, Jonathan, and Tinetti, Giovanna

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The discovery of super-Earth and mini-Neptune exoplanets means that atmospheric signals from low-mass, temperate exoplanets are being increasingly studied. The signal acquired as the planet transits its host star, known as the transit depth, is smaller for these planets and, as such, more difficult to analyze. The launch of the space telescopes James Webb (JWST) & Ariel will give rise to an explosion in the quality and quantity of spectroscopic data available for an unprecedented number of exoplanets in our galaxy. Accurately extracting the information content, thereby permitting atmospheric science, of such data-sets will require robust models and techniques. We present here the analysis of simulated transmission spectra for water-rich atmospheres, giving evidence for non-negligible differences in simulated transit depths when self-broadening of H$_2$O is correctly accounted for, compared with the currently typically accepted standard of using H$_2$ and He-broadened cross-sections. Our case-study analysis is carried out on two super-Earths, focusing on water-based atmospheres, ranging from H$_2$-rich to H$_2$O-rich. The transit depth is considerably affected, increasing values by up to 60 ppm, which is shown to be detectable with JWST and Ariel. The differences are most pronounced for the lighter (i.e. $mu$ $\sim$ 4) atmospheres. Our work illustrates that it is imperative that the field of exoplanet spectroscopy moves toward adapted cross-sections, increasingly optimized for high-mu atmospheres for studies of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes.

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2022
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2. Exploring the Ability of HST WFC3 G141 to Uncover Trends in Populations of Exoplanet Atmospheres Through a Homogeneous Transmission Survey of 70 Gaseous Planets

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Edwards, Billy, Changeat, Quentin, Tsiaras, Angelos, Yip, Kai Hou, Al-Refaie, Ahmed F., Anisman, Lara, Bieger, Michelle F., Gressier, Amelie, Shibata, Sho, Skaf, Nour, Bouwman, Jeroen, Cho, James Y-K., Ikoma, Masahiro, Venot, Olivia, Waldmann, Ingo, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Tinetti, Giovanna, Edwards, Billy, Changeat, Quentin, Tsiaras, Angelos, Yip, Kai Hou, Al-Refaie, Ahmed F., Anisman, Lara, Bieger, Michelle F., Gressier, Amelie, Shibata, Sho, Skaf, Nour, Bouwman, Jeroen, Cho, James Y-K., Ikoma, Masahiro, Venot, Olivia, Waldmann, Ingo, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, and Tinetti, Giovanna

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We present the analysis of the atmospheres of 70 gaseous extrasolar planets via transit spectroscopy with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). For over half of these, we statistically detect spectral modulation which our retrievals attribute to molecular species. Among these, we use Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling to search for chemical trends with bulk parameters. We use the extracted water abundance to infer the atmospheric metallicity and compare it to the planet's mass. We also run chemical equilibrium retrievals, fitting for the atmospheric metallicity directly. However, although previous studies have found evidence of a mass-metallicity trend, we find no such relation within our data. For the hotter planets within our sample, we find evidence for thermal dissociation of dihydrogen and water via the H$^-$ opacity. We suggest that the general lack of trends seen across this population study could be due to i) the insufficient spectral coverage offered by HST WFC3 G141, ii) the lack of a simple trend across the whole population, iii) the essentially random nature of the target selection for this study or iv) a combination of all the above. We set out how we can learn from this vast dataset going forward in an attempt to ensure comparative planetology can be undertaken in the future with facilities such as JWST, Twinkle and Ariel. We conclude that a wider simultaneous spectral coverage is required as well as a more structured approach to target selection., Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJS

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2022

3. Five key exoplanet questions answered via the analysis of 25 hot Jupiter atmospheres in eclipse

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Changeat, Quentin, Edwards, Billy, Al-Refaie, Ahmed F., Tsiaras, Angelos, Skinner, Jack W., Cho, James Y-K, Yip, Kai H., Anisman, Lara, Ikoma, Masahiro, Bieger, Michelle F., Venot, Olivia, Shibata, Sho, Waldmann, Ingo P., Tinetti, Giovanna, Changeat, Quentin, Edwards, Billy, Al-Refaie, Ahmed F., Tsiaras, Angelos, Skinner, Jack W., Cho, James Y-K, Yip, Kai H., Anisman, Lara, Ikoma, Masahiro, Bieger, Michelle F., Venot, Olivia, Shibata, Sho, Waldmann, Ingo P., and Tinetti, Giovanna

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Population studies of exoplanets are key to unlocking their statistical properties. So far the inferred properties have been mostly limited to planetary, orbital and stellar parameters extracted from, e.g., Kepler, radial velocity, and GAIA data. More recently an increasing number of exoplanet atmospheres have been observed in detail from space and the ground. Generally, however, these atmospheric studies have focused on individual planets, with the exception of a couple of works which have detected the presence of water vapor and clouds in populations of gaseous planets via transmission spectroscopy. Here, using a suite of retrieval tools, we analyse spectroscopic and photometric data of 25 hot Jupiters, obtained with the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes via the eclipse technique. By applying the tools uniformly across the entire set of 25 planets, we extract robust trends in the thermal structure and chemical properties of hot Jupiters not obtained in past studies. With the recent launch of JWST and the upcoming missions Twinkle, and Ariel, population based studies of exoplanet atmospheres, such as the one presented here, will be a key approach to understanding planet characteristics, formation, and evolution in our galaxy., Comment: 66 pages, 23 figures, 7 tables. Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

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2022
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4. Cross-sections for heavy atmospheres: H$_2$O self-broadening

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Anisman, Lara O., Chubb, Katy L., Changeat, Quentin, Edwards, Billy, Yurchenko, Sergei N., Tennyson, Jonathan, Tinetti, Giovanna, Anisman, Lara O., Chubb, Katy L., Changeat, Quentin, Edwards, Billy, Yurchenko, Sergei N., Tennyson, Jonathan, and Tinetti, Giovanna

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The discovery of super-Earth and mini-Neptune exoplanets means that atmospheric signals from low-mass, temperate exoplanets are being increasingly studied. The signal acquired as the planet transits its host star, known as the transit depth, is smaller for these planets and, as such, more difficult to analyze. The launch of the space telescopes James Webb (JWST) & Ariel will give rise to an explosion in the quality and quantity of spectroscopic data available for an unprecedented number of exoplanets in our galaxy. Accurately extracting the information content, thereby permitting atmospheric science, of such data-sets will require robust models and techniques. We present here the analysis of simulated transmission spectra for water-rich atmospheres, giving evidence for non-negligible differences in simulated transit depths when self-broadening of H$_2$O is correctly accounted for, compared with the currently typically accepted standard of using H$_2$ and He-broadened cross-sections. Our case-study analysis is carried out on two super-Earths, focusing on water-based atmospheres, ranging from H$_2$-rich to H$_2$O-rich. The transit depth is considerably affected, increasing values by up to 60 ppm, which is shown to be detectable with JWST and Ariel. The differences are most pronounced for the lighter (i.e. $mu$ $\sim$ 4) atmospheres. Our work illustrates that it is imperative that the field of exoplanet spectroscopy moves toward adapted cross-sections, increasingly optimized for high-mu atmospheres for studies of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes.

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2022
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5. Cross-sections for heavy atmospheres: H$_2$O continuum

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Anisman, Lara O., Chubb, Katy L., Elsey, Jonathan, Al-Refaie, Ahmed, Changeat, Quentin, Yurchenko, Sergei N., Tennyson, Jonathan, Tinetti, Giovanna, Anisman, Lara O., Chubb, Katy L., Elsey, Jonathan, Al-Refaie, Ahmed, Changeat, Quentin, Yurchenko, Sergei N., Tennyson, Jonathan, and Tinetti, Giovanna

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Most of the exoplanets detected up to now transit in front of their host stars, allowing for the generation of transmission spectra; the study of exoplanet atmospheres relies heavily upon accurate analysis of these spectra. Recent discoveries mean that the study of atmospheric signals from low-mass, temperate worlds are becoming increasingly common. The observed transit depth in these planets is small and more difficult to analyze. Analysis of simulated transmission spectra for two small, temperate planets (GJ 1214 b and K2-18 b) is presented, giving evidence for significant differences in simulated transit depth when the water vapor continuum is accounted for when compared to models omitting it. These models use cross-sections from the CAVIAR lab experiment for the water self-continuum up to 10,000 cm$^{-1}$; these cross-sections exhibit an inverse relationship with temperature, hence lower-temperature atmospheres are the most significantly impacted. Including the water continuum strongly affects transit depths, increasing values by up to 80 ppm, with the differences for both planets being detectable with the future space missions Ariel and JWST. It is imperative that models of exoplanet spectra move toward adaptive cross-sections, increasingly optimized for H$_2$O-rich atmospheres. This necessitates including absorption contribution from the water vapor continuum into atmospheric simulations.

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2021
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6. Cross-sections for heavy atmospheres: H$_2$O continuum

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Anisman, Lara O., Chubb, Katy L., Elsey, Jonathan, Al-Refaie, Ahmed, Changeat, Quentin, Yurchenko, Sergei N., Tennyson, Jonathan, Tinetti, Giovanna, Anisman, Lara O., Chubb, Katy L., Elsey, Jonathan, Al-Refaie, Ahmed, Changeat, Quentin, Yurchenko, Sergei N., Tennyson, Jonathan, and Tinetti, Giovanna

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Most of the exoplanets detected up to now transit in front of their host stars, allowing for the generation of transmission spectra; the study of exoplanet atmospheres relies heavily upon accurate analysis of these spectra. Recent discoveries mean that the study of atmospheric signals from low-mass, temperate worlds are becoming increasingly common. The observed transit depth in these planets is small and more difficult to analyze. Analysis of simulated transmission spectra for two small, temperate planets (GJ 1214 b and K2-18 b) is presented, giving evidence for significant differences in simulated transit depth when the water vapor continuum is accounted for when compared to models omitting it. These models use cross-sections from the CAVIAR lab experiment for the water self-continuum up to 10,000 cm$^{-1}$; these cross-sections exhibit an inverse relationship with temperature, hence lower-temperature atmospheres are the most significantly impacted. Including the water continuum strongly affects transit depths, increasing values by up to 80 ppm, with the differences for both planets being detectable with the future space missions Ariel and JWST. It is imperative that models of exoplanet spectra move toward adaptive cross-sections, increasingly optimized for H$_2$O-rich atmospheres. This necessitates including absorption contribution from the water vapor continuum into atmospheric simulations.

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2021
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7. Ariel: Enabling planetary science across light-years

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Tinetti, Giovanna, Eccleston, Paul, Haswell, Carole, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Leconte, Jérémy, Lüftinger, Theresa, Micela, Giusi, Min, Michel, Pilbratt, Göran, Puig, Ludovic, Swain, Mark, Testi, Leonardo, Turrini, Diego, Vandenbussche, Bart, Osorio, Maria Rosa Zapatero, Aret, Anna, Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe, Buchhave, Lars, Ferus, Martin, Griffin, Matt, Guedel, Manuel, Hartogh, Paul, Machado, Pedro, Malaguti, Giuseppe, Pallé, Enric, Rataj, Mirek, Ray, Tom, Ribas, Ignasi, Szabó, Robert, Tan, Jonathan, Werner, Stephanie, Ratti, Francesco, Scharmberg, Carsten, Salvignol, Jean-Christophe, Boudin, Nathalie, Halain, Jean-Philippe, Haag, Martin, Crouzet, Pierre-Elie, Kohley, Ralf, Symonds, Kate, Renk, Florian, Caldwell, Andrew, Abreu, Manuel, Alonso, Gustavo, Amiaux, Jerome, Berthé, Michel, Bishop, Georgia, Bowles, Neil, Carmona, Manuel, Coffey, Deirdre, Colomé, Josep, Crook, Martin, Désjonqueres, Lucile, Díaz, José J., Drummond, Rachel, Focardi, Mauro, Gómez, Jose M., Holmes, Warren, Krijger, Matthijs, Kovacs, Zsolt, Hunt, Tom, Machado, Richardo, Morgante, Gianluca, Ollivier, Marc, Ottensamer, Roland, Pace, Emanuele, Pagano, Teresa, Pascale, Enzo, Pearson, Chris, Pedersen, Søren Møller, Pniel, Moshe, Roose, Stéphane, Savini, Giorgio, Stamper, Richard, Szirovicza, Peter, Szoke, Janos, Tosh, Ian, Vilardell, Francesc, Barstow, Joanna, Borsato, Luca, Casewell, Sarah, Changeat, Quentin, Charnay, Benjamin, Civiš, Svatopluk, Foresto, Vincent Coudé du, Coustenis, Athena, Cowan, Nicolas, Danielski, Camilla, Demangeon, Olivier, Drossart, Pierre, Edwards, Billy N., Gilli, Gabriella, Encrenaz, Therese, Kiss, Csaba, Kokori, Anastasia, Ikoma, Masahiro, Morales, Juan Carlos, Mendonça, João, Moneti, Andrea, Mugnai, Lorenzo, Muñoz, Antonio García, Helled, Ravit, Kama, Mihkel, Miguel, Yamila, Nikolaou, Nikos, Pagano, Isabella, Panic, Olja, Rengel, Miriam, Rickman, Hans, Rocchetto, Marco, Sarkar, Subhajit, Selsis, Franck, Tennyson, Jonathan, Tsiaras, Angelos, Venot, Olivia, Vida, Krisztián, Waldmann, Ingo P., Yurchenko, Sergey, Szabó, Gyula, Zellem, Rob, Al-Refaie, Ahmed, Alvarez, Javier Perez, Anisman, Lara, Arhancet, Axel, Ateca, Jaume, Baeyens, Robin, Barnes, John R., Bell, Taylor, Benatti, Serena, Biazzo, Katia, Błęcka, Maria, Bonomo, Aldo Stefano, Bosch, José, Bossini, Diego, Bourgalais, Jeremy, Brienza, Daniele, Brucalassi, Anna, Bruno, Giovanni, Caines, Hamish, Calcutt, Simon, Campante, Tiago, Canestrari, Rodolfo, Cann, Nick, Casali, Giada, Casas, Albert, Cassone, Giuseppe, Cara, Christophe, Carone, Ludmila, Carrasco, Nathalie, Chioetto, Paolo, Cortecchia, Fausto, Czupalla, Markus, Chubb, Katy L., Ciaravella, Angela, Claret, Antonio, Claudi, Riccardo, Codella, Claudio, Comas, Maya Garcia, Cracchiolo, Gianluca, Cubillos, Patricio, Da Peppo, Vania, Decin, Leen, Dejabrun, Clemence, Delgado-Mena, Elisa, Di Giorgio, Anna, Diolaiti, Emiliano, Dorn, Caroline, Doublier, Vanessa, Doumayrou, Eric, Dransfield, Georgina, Dumaye, Luc, Dunford, Emma, Escobar, Antonio Jimenez, Van Eylen, Vincent, Farina, Maria, Fedele, Davide, Fernández, Alejandro, Fleury, Benjamin, Fonte, Sergio, Fontignie, Jean, Fossati, Luca, Funke, Bernd, Galy, Camille, Garai, Zoltán, García, Andrés, García-Rigo, Alberto, Garufi, Antonio, Sacco, Giuseppe Germano, Giacobbe, Paolo, Gómez, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Arturo, Gonzalez-Galindo, Francisco, Grassi, Davide, Griffith, Caitlin, Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe, Goujon, Audrey, Gressier, Amélie, Grzegorczyk, Aleksandra, Guillot, Tristan, Guilluy, Gloria, Hargrave, Peter, Hellin, Marie-Laure, Herrero, Enrique, Hills, Matt, Horeau, Benoit, Ito, Yuichi, Jessen, Niels Christian, Kabath, Petr, Kálmán, Szilárd, Kawashima, Yui, Kimura, Tadahiro, Knížek, Antonín, Kreidberg, Laura, Kruid, Ronald, Kruijssen, Diederik J. M., Kubelík, Petr, Lara, Luisa, Lebonnois, Sebastien, Lee, David, Lefevre, Maxence, Lichtenberg, Tim, Locci, Daniele, Lombini, Matteo, Lopez, Alejandro Sanchez, Lorenzani, Andrea, MacDonald, Ryan, Magrini, Laura, Maldonado, Jesus, Marcq, Emmanuel, Migliorini, Alessandra, Modirrousta-Galian, Darius, Molaverdikhani, Karan, Molinari, Sergio, Mollière, Paul, Moreau, Vincent, Morello, Giuseppe, Morinaud, Gilles, Morvan, Mario, Moses, Julianne I., Mouzali, Salima, Nakhjiri, Nariman, Naponiello, Luca, Narita, Norio, Nascimbeni, Valerio, Nikolaou, Athanasia, Noce, Vladimiro, Oliva, Fabrizio, Palladino, Pietro, Papageorgiou, Andreas, Parmentier, Vivien, Peres, Giovanni, Pérez, Javier, Perez-Hoyos, Santiago, Perger, Manuel, Pestellini, Cesare Cecchi, Petralia, Antonino, Philippon, Anne, Piccialli, Arianna, Pignatari, Marco, Piotto, Giampaolo, Podio, Linda, Polenta, Gianluca, Preti, Giampaolo, Pribulla, Theodor, Puertas, Manuel Lopez, Rainer, Monica, Reess, Jean-Michel, Rimmer, Paul, Robert, Séverine, Rosich, Albert, Rossi, Loic, Rust, Duncan, Saleh, Ayman, Sanna, Nicoletta, Schisano, Eugenio, Schreiber, Laura, Schwartz, Victor, Scippa, Antonio, Seli, Bálint, Shibata, Sho, Simpson, Caroline, Shorttle, Oliver, Skaf, N., Skup, Konrad, Sobiecki, Mateusz, Sousa, Sergio, Sozzetti, Alessandro, Šponer, Judit, Steiger, Lukas, Tanga, Paolo, Tackley, Paul, Taylor, Jake, Tecza, Matthias, Terenzi, Luca, Tremblin, Pascal, Tozzi, Andrea, Triaud, Amaury, Trompet, Loïc, Tsai, Shang-Min, Tsantaki, Maria, Valencia, Diana, Vandaele, Ann Carine, Van der Swaelmen, Mathieu, Vardan, Adibekyan, Vasisht, Gautam, Vazan, Allona, Del Vecchio, Ciro, Waltham, Dave, Wawer, Piotr, Widemann, Thomas, Wolkenberg, Paulina, Yip, Gordon Hou, Yung, Yuk, Zilinskas, Mantas, Zingales, Tiziano, Zuppella, Paola, Tinetti, Giovanna, Eccleston, Paul, Haswell, Carole, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Leconte, Jérémy, Lüftinger, Theresa, Micela, Giusi, Min, Michel, Pilbratt, Göran, Puig, Ludovic, Swain, Mark, Testi, Leonardo, Turrini, Diego, Vandenbussche, Bart, Osorio, Maria Rosa Zapatero, Aret, Anna, Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe, Buchhave, Lars, Ferus, Martin, Griffin, Matt, Guedel, Manuel, Hartogh, Paul, Machado, Pedro, Malaguti, Giuseppe, Pallé, Enric, Rataj, Mirek, Ray, Tom, Ribas, Ignasi, Szabó, Robert, Tan, Jonathan, Werner, Stephanie, Ratti, Francesco, Scharmberg, Carsten, Salvignol, Jean-Christophe, Boudin, Nathalie, Halain, Jean-Philippe, Haag, Martin, Crouzet, Pierre-Elie, Kohley, Ralf, Symonds, Kate, Renk, Florian, Caldwell, Andrew, Abreu, Manuel, Alonso, Gustavo, Amiaux, Jerome, Berthé, Michel, Bishop, Georgia, Bowles, Neil, Carmona, Manuel, Coffey, Deirdre, Colomé, Josep, Crook, Martin, Désjonqueres, Lucile, Díaz, José J., Drummond, Rachel, Focardi, Mauro, Gómez, Jose M., Holmes, Warren, Krijger, Matthijs, Kovacs, Zsolt, Hunt, Tom, Machado, Richardo, Morgante, Gianluca, Ollivier, Marc, Ottensamer, Roland, Pace, Emanuele, Pagano, Teresa, Pascale, Enzo, Pearson, Chris, Pedersen, Søren Møller, Pniel, Moshe, Roose, Stéphane, Savini, Giorgio, Stamper, Richard, Szirovicza, Peter, Szoke, Janos, Tosh, Ian, Vilardell, Francesc, Barstow, Joanna, Borsato, Luca, Casewell, Sarah, Changeat, Quentin, Charnay, Benjamin, Civiš, Svatopluk, Foresto, Vincent Coudé du, Coustenis, Athena, Cowan, Nicolas, Danielski, Camilla, Demangeon, Olivier, Drossart, Pierre, Edwards, Billy N., Gilli, Gabriella, Encrenaz, Therese, Kiss, Csaba, Kokori, Anastasia, Ikoma, Masahiro, Morales, Juan Carlos, Mendonça, João, Moneti, Andrea, Mugnai, Lorenzo, Muñoz, Antonio García, Helled, Ravit, Kama, Mihkel, Miguel, Yamila, Nikolaou, Nikos, Pagano, Isabella, Panic, Olja, Rengel, Miriam, Rickman, Hans, Rocchetto, Marco, Sarkar, Subhajit, Selsis, Franck, Tennyson, Jonathan, Tsiaras, Angelos, Venot, Olivia, Vida, Krisztián, Waldmann, Ingo P., Yurchenko, Sergey, Szabó, Gyula, Zellem, Rob, Al-Refaie, Ahmed, Alvarez, Javier Perez, Anisman, Lara, Arhancet, Axel, Ateca, Jaume, Baeyens, Robin, Barnes, John R., Bell, Taylor, Benatti, Serena, Biazzo, Katia, Błęcka, Maria, Bonomo, Aldo Stefano, Bosch, José, Bossini, Diego, Bourgalais, Jeremy, Brienza, Daniele, Brucalassi, Anna, Bruno, Giovanni, Caines, Hamish, Calcutt, Simon, Campante, Tiago, Canestrari, Rodolfo, Cann, Nick, Casali, Giada, Casas, Albert, Cassone, Giuseppe, Cara, Christophe, Carone, Ludmila, Carrasco, Nathalie, Chioetto, Paolo, Cortecchia, Fausto, Czupalla, Markus, Chubb, Katy L., Ciaravella, Angela, Claret, Antonio, Claudi, Riccardo, Codella, Claudio, Comas, Maya Garcia, Cracchiolo, Gianluca, Cubillos, Patricio, Da Peppo, Vania, Decin, Leen, Dejabrun, Clemence, Delgado-Mena, Elisa, Di Giorgio, Anna, Diolaiti, Emiliano, Dorn, Caroline, Doublier, Vanessa, Doumayrou, Eric, Dransfield, Georgina, Dumaye, Luc, Dunford, Emma, Escobar, Antonio Jimenez, Van Eylen, Vincent, Farina, Maria, Fedele, Davide, Fernández, Alejandro, Fleury, Benjamin, Fonte, Sergio, Fontignie, Jean, Fossati, Luca, Funke, Bernd, Galy, Camille, Garai, Zoltán, García, Andrés, García-Rigo, Alberto, Garufi, Antonio, Sacco, Giuseppe Germano, Giacobbe, Paolo, Gómez, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Arturo, Gonzalez-Galindo, Francisco, Grassi, Davide, Griffith, Caitlin, Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe, Goujon, Audrey, Gressier, Amélie, Grzegorczyk, Aleksandra, Guillot, Tristan, Guilluy, Gloria, Hargrave, Peter, Hellin, Marie-Laure, Herrero, Enrique, Hills, Matt, Horeau, Benoit, Ito, Yuichi, Jessen, Niels Christian, Kabath, Petr, Kálmán, Szilárd, Kawashima, Yui, Kimura, Tadahiro, Knížek, Antonín, Kreidberg, Laura, Kruid, Ronald, Kruijssen, Diederik J. M., Kubelík, Petr, Lara, Luisa, Lebonnois, Sebastien, Lee, David, Lefevre, Maxence, Lichtenberg, Tim, Locci, Daniele, Lombini, Matteo, Lopez, Alejandro Sanchez, Lorenzani, Andrea, MacDonald, Ryan, Magrini, Laura, Maldonado, Jesus, Marcq, Emmanuel, Migliorini, Alessandra, Modirrousta-Galian, Darius, Molaverdikhani, Karan, Molinari, Sergio, Mollière, Paul, Moreau, Vincent, Morello, Giuseppe, Morinaud, Gilles, Morvan, Mario, Moses, Julianne I., Mouzali, Salima, Nakhjiri, Nariman, Naponiello, Luca, Narita, Norio, Nascimbeni, Valerio, Nikolaou, Athanasia, Noce, Vladimiro, Oliva, Fabrizio, Palladino, Pietro, Papageorgiou, Andreas, Parmentier, Vivien, Peres, Giovanni, Pérez, Javier, Perez-Hoyos, Santiago, Perger, Manuel, Pestellini, Cesare Cecchi, Petralia, Antonino, Philippon, Anne, Piccialli, Arianna, Pignatari, Marco, Piotto, Giampaolo, Podio, Linda, Polenta, Gianluca, Preti, Giampaolo, Pribulla, Theodor, Puertas, Manuel Lopez, Rainer, Monica, Reess, Jean-Michel, Rimmer, Paul, Robert, Séverine, Rosich, Albert, Rossi, Loic, Rust, Duncan, Saleh, Ayman, Sanna, Nicoletta, Schisano, Eugenio, Schreiber, Laura, Schwartz, Victor, Scippa, Antonio, Seli, Bálint, Shibata, Sho, Simpson, Caroline, Shorttle, Oliver, Skaf, N., Skup, Konrad, Sobiecki, Mateusz, Sousa, Sergio, Sozzetti, Alessandro, Šponer, Judit, Steiger, Lukas, Tanga, Paolo, Tackley, Paul, Taylor, Jake, Tecza, Matthias, Terenzi, Luca, Tremblin, Pascal, Tozzi, Andrea, Triaud, Amaury, Trompet, Loïc, Tsai, Shang-Min, Tsantaki, Maria, Valencia, Diana, Vandaele, Ann Carine, Van der Swaelmen, Mathieu, Vardan, Adibekyan, Vasisht, Gautam, Vazan, Allona, Del Vecchio, Ciro, Waltham, Dave, Wawer, Piotr, Widemann, Thomas, Wolkenberg, Paulina, Yip, Gordon Hou, Yung, Yuk, Zilinskas, Mantas, Zingales, Tiziano, and Zuppella, Paola

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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. During its 4-year mission, Ariel will study what exoplanets are made of, how they formed and how they evolve, by surveying a diverse sample of about 1000 extrasolar planets, simultaneously in visible and infrared wavelengths. It is the first mission dedicated to measuring the chemical composition and thermal structures of hundreds of transiting exoplanets, enabling planetary science far beyond the boundaries of the Solar System. The payload consists of an off-axis Cassegrain telescope (primary mirror 1100 mm x 730 mm ellipse) and two separate instruments (FGS and AIRS) covering simultaneously 0.5-7.8 micron spectral range. The satellite is best placed into an L2 orbit to maximise the thermal stability and the field of regard. The payload module is passively cooled via a series of V-Groove radiators; the detectors for the AIRS are the only items that require active cooling via an active Ne JT cooler. The Ariel payload is developed by a consortium of more than 50 institutes from 16 ESA countries, which include the UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, and a NASA contribution., Comment: Ariel Definition Study Report, 147 pages. Reviewed by ESA Science Advisory Structure in November 2020. Original document available at: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/documents/1783156/3267291/Ariel_RedBook_Nov2020.pdf

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2021

8. Original Research By Young Twinkle Students (ORBYTS): Ephemeris Refinement of Transiting Exoplanets II

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Edwards, Billy, Anisman, Lara, Changeat, Quentin, Morvan, Mario, Wright, Sam, Yip, Kai Hou, Abdullahi, Amiira, Ali, Jesmin, Amofa, Clarry, Antoniou, Antony, Arzouni, Shahad, Bradley, Noeka, Campana, Dayanara, Chavda, Nandini, Creswell, Jessy, Gazieva, Neliman, Gudgeon-Sidelnikova, Emily, Guha, Pratap, Hayden, Ella, Huda, Mohammed, Hussein, Hana, Ibrahim, Ayub, Ike, Chika, Jama, Salma, Joshi, Bhavya, Kc, Schet, Keenan, Paris, Kelly-Smith, Charlie, Khan, Aziza, Korodimos, George, Liang, Jiale, Nogueira, Guilherme Luis, Martey-Botchway, Neil, Masruri, Asan, Miyamaru, Osuke, Moalin, Ismail, Monteiro, Fabiana, Nawrocka, Adrianna, Musa, Sebri, Nelson, Lilith, Ogunjuyigbe, Isabel, Patel, Jaymit, Pereira, Joesph, Ramsey, James, Rasoul, Billnd, Reetsong, Tumo, Saeed, Haad, Sander, Cameron, Sanetra, Matthew, Tarabe, Zainab, Tareke, Milcah, Tasneem, Nazifa, Teo, Meigan, Uddin, Asiyah, Upadhyay, Kanvi, Yanakiev, Kaloyan, Yatingiri, Deepakgiri, Dunn, William, Kokori, Anatasia, Tsiaras, Angelos, Gomez, Edward, Tinetti, Giovanna, Tennyson, Jonathan, Edwards, Billy, Anisman, Lara, Changeat, Quentin, Morvan, Mario, Wright, Sam, Yip, Kai Hou, Abdullahi, Amiira, Ali, Jesmin, Amofa, Clarry, Antoniou, Antony, Arzouni, Shahad, Bradley, Noeka, Campana, Dayanara, Chavda, Nandini, Creswell, Jessy, Gazieva, Neliman, Gudgeon-Sidelnikova, Emily, Guha, Pratap, Hayden, Ella, Huda, Mohammed, Hussein, Hana, Ibrahim, Ayub, Ike, Chika, Jama, Salma, Joshi, Bhavya, Kc, Schet, Keenan, Paris, Kelly-Smith, Charlie, Khan, Aziza, Korodimos, George, Liang, Jiale, Nogueira, Guilherme Luis, Martey-Botchway, Neil, Masruri, Asan, Miyamaru, Osuke, Moalin, Ismail, Monteiro, Fabiana, Nawrocka, Adrianna, Musa, Sebri, Nelson, Lilith, Ogunjuyigbe, Isabel, Patel, Jaymit, Pereira, Joesph, Ramsey, James, Rasoul, Billnd, Reetsong, Tumo, Saeed, Haad, Sander, Cameron, Sanetra, Matthew, Tarabe, Zainab, Tareke, Milcah, Tasneem, Nazifa, Teo, Meigan, Uddin, Asiyah, Upadhyay, Kanvi, Yanakiev, Kaloyan, Yatingiri, Deepakgiri, Dunn, William, Kokori, Anatasia, Tsiaras, Angelos, Gomez, Edward, Tinetti, Giovanna, and Tennyson, Jonathan

Abstract

We report follow-up observations of four transiting exoplanets, TRES-2b, HAT-P-22b, HAT-P-36b and XO-2b, as part of the Original Research By Young Twinkle Students (ORBYTS) programme. These observations were taken using the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network's (LCOGT) robotic 0.4 m telescopes and were analysed using the HOlomon Photometric Software (HOPS). Such observations are key for ensuring accurate transit times for upcoming telescopes, such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Twinkle and Ariel, which may seek to characterise the atmospheres of these planets. The data have been uploaded to ExoClock and a significant portion of this work has been completed by secondary school students in London., Comment: Published in the Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society (RNAAS)

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2020
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9. Hubble WFC3 Spectroscopy of the Habitable-zone Super-Earth LHS 1140 b

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Edwards, Billy, Changeat, Quentin, Mori, Mayuko, Anisman, Lara O., Morvan, Mario, Yip, Kai Hou, Tsiaras, Angelos, Al-Refaie, Ahmed, Waldmann, Ingo, Tinetti, Giovanna, Edwards, Billy, Changeat, Quentin, Mori, Mayuko, Anisman, Lara O., Morvan, Mario, Yip, Kai Hou, Tsiaras, Angelos, Al-Refaie, Ahmed, Waldmann, Ingo, and Tinetti, Giovanna

Abstract

Atmospheric characterisation of temperate, rocky planets is the holy grail of exoplanet studies. These worlds are at the limits of our capabilities with current instrumentation in transmission spectroscopy and challenge our state-of-the-art statistical techniques. Here we present the transmission spectrum of the temperate Super-Earth LHS 1140b using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) G141 grism data of this habitable zone (T$_{\rm{eq}}$ = 235 K) Super-Earth (R = 1.7 $R_\oplus$), shows tentative evidence of water. However, the signal-to-noise ratio, and thus the significance of the detection, is low and stellar contamination models can cause modulation over the spectral band probed. We attempt to correct for contamination using these models and find that, while many still lead to evidence for water, some could provide reasonable fits to the data without the need for molecular absorption although most of these cause also features in the visible ground-based data which are nonphysical. Future observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would be capable of confirming, or refuting, this atmospheric detection., Comment: Accepted for publication in AJ on 30th October 2020

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2020
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10. WASP-117 b: an eccentric hot-Saturn as a future complex chemistry laboratory

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Anisman, Lara O., Edwards, Billy, Changeat, Quentin, Venot, Olivia, Al-Refaie, Ahmed F., Tsiaras, Angelos, Tinetti, Giovanna, Anisman, Lara O., Edwards, Billy, Changeat, Quentin, Venot, Olivia, Al-Refaie, Ahmed F., Tsiaras, Angelos, and Tinetti, Giovanna

Abstract

We present spectral analysis of the transiting Saturn-mass planet WASP-117b, observed with the G141 grism of Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope. We reduce and fit the extracted spectrum from the raw transmission data using the open-source software Iraclis before performing a fully Bayesian retrieval using the publicly available analysis suite TauREx 3.0. We detect water vapour alongside a layer of fully opaque cloud, retrieving a terminator temperature of 833 K. In order to quantify the statistical significance of this detection, we employ the Atmospheric Detectability Index (ADI), deriving a value of 2.30, which provides positive but not strong evidence against the flatline model. Due to the eccentric orbit of WASP-117b, it is likely that chemical and mixing timescales oscillate throughout orbit due to the changing temperature, possibly allowing warmer chemistry to remain visible as the planet begins transit, despite the proximity of its point of ingress to apastron. We present simulated spectra of the planet as would be observed by the future space missions Ariel and JWST and show that, despite not being able to probe such chemistry with current HST data, these observatories should make it possible in the not too distant future., Comment: Accepted for publication in AJ

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2020
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11. Original Research By Young Twinkle Students (ORBYTS): Ephemeris Refinement of Transiting Exoplanets II

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Edwards, Billy, Anisman, Lara, Changeat, Quentin, Morvan, Mario, Wright, Sam, Yip, Kai Hou, Abdullahi, Amiira, Ali, Jesmin, Amofa, Clarry, Antoniou, Antony, Arzouni, Shahad, Bradley, Noeka, Campana, Dayanara, Chavda, Nandini, Creswell, Jessy, Gazieva, Neliman, Gudgeon-Sidelnikova, Emily, Guha, Pratap, Hayden, Ella, Huda, Mohammed, Hussein, Hana, Ibrahim, Ayub, Ike, Chika, Jama, Salma, Joshi, Bhavya, Kc, Schet, Keenan, Paris, Kelly-Smith, Charlie, Khan, Aziza, Korodimos, George, Liang, Jiale, Nogueira, Guilherme Luis, Martey-Botchway, Neil, Masruri, Asan, Miyamaru, Osuke, Moalin, Ismail, Monteiro, Fabiana, Nawrocka, Adrianna, Musa, Sebri, Nelson, Lilith, Ogunjuyigbe, Isabel, Patel, Jaymit, Pereira, Joesph, Ramsey, James, Rasoul, Billnd, Reetsong, Tumo, Saeed, Haad, Sander, Cameron, Sanetra, Matthew, Tarabe, Zainab, Tareke, Milcah, Tasneem, Nazifa, Teo, Meigan, Uddin, Asiyah, Upadhyay, Kanvi, Yanakiev, Kaloyan, Yatingiri, Deepakgiri, Dunn, William, Kokori, Anatasia, Tsiaras, Angelos, Gomez, Edward, Tinetti, Giovanna, Tennyson, Jonathan, Edwards, Billy, Anisman, Lara, Changeat, Quentin, Morvan, Mario, Wright, Sam, Yip, Kai Hou, Abdullahi, Amiira, Ali, Jesmin, Amofa, Clarry, Antoniou, Antony, Arzouni, Shahad, Bradley, Noeka, Campana, Dayanara, Chavda, Nandini, Creswell, Jessy, Gazieva, Neliman, Gudgeon-Sidelnikova, Emily, Guha, Pratap, Hayden, Ella, Huda, Mohammed, Hussein, Hana, Ibrahim, Ayub, Ike, Chika, Jama, Salma, Joshi, Bhavya, Kc, Schet, Keenan, Paris, Kelly-Smith, Charlie, Khan, Aziza, Korodimos, George, Liang, Jiale, Nogueira, Guilherme Luis, Martey-Botchway, Neil, Masruri, Asan, Miyamaru, Osuke, Moalin, Ismail, Monteiro, Fabiana, Nawrocka, Adrianna, Musa, Sebri, Nelson, Lilith, Ogunjuyigbe, Isabel, Patel, Jaymit, Pereira, Joesph, Ramsey, James, Rasoul, Billnd, Reetsong, Tumo, Saeed, Haad, Sander, Cameron, Sanetra, Matthew, Tarabe, Zainab, Tareke, Milcah, Tasneem, Nazifa, Teo, Meigan, Uddin, Asiyah, Upadhyay, Kanvi, Yanakiev, Kaloyan, Yatingiri, Deepakgiri, Dunn, William, Kokori, Anatasia, Tsiaras, Angelos, Gomez, Edward, Tinetti, Giovanna, and Tennyson, Jonathan

Abstract

We report follow-up observations of four transiting exoplanets, TRES-2b, HAT-P-22b, HAT-P-36b and XO-2b, as part of the Original Research By Young Twinkle Students (ORBYTS) programme. These observations were taken using the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network's (LCOGT) robotic 0.4 m telescopes and were analysed using the HOlomon Photometric Software (HOPS). Such observations are key for ensuring accurate transit times for upcoming telescopes, such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Twinkle and Ariel, which may seek to characterise the atmospheres of these planets. The data have been uploaded to ExoClock and a significant portion of this work has been completed by secondary school students in London., Comment: Published in the Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society (RNAAS)

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2020
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12. Ariel: Enabling planetary science across light-years

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Tinetti, Giovanna, Eccleston, Paul, Haswell, Carole, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Leconte, Jérémy, Lüftinger, Theresa, Micela, Giusi, Min, Michel, Pilbratt, Göran, Puig, Ludovic, Swain, Mark, Testi, Leonardo, Turrini, Diego, Vandenbussche, Bart, Osorio, Maria Rosa Zapatero, Aret, Anna, Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe, Buchhave, Lars, Ferus, Martin, Griffin, Matt, Guedel, Manuel, Hartogh, Paul, Machado, Pedro, Malaguti, Giuseppe, Pallé, Enric, Rataj, Mirek, Ray, Tom, Ribas, Ignasi, Szabó, Robert, Tan, Jonathan, Werner, Stephanie, Ratti, Francesco, Scharmberg, Carsten, Salvignol, Jean-Christophe, Boudin, Nathalie, Halain, Jean-Philippe, Haag, Martin, Crouzet, Pierre-Elie, Kohley, Ralf, Symonds, Kate, Renk, Florian, Caldwell, Andrew, Abreu, Manuel, Alonso, Gustavo, Amiaux, Jerome, Berthé, Michel, Bishop, Georgia, Bowles, Neil, Carmona, Manuel, Coffey, Deirdre, Colomé, Josep, Crook, Martin, Désjonqueres, Lucile, Díaz, José J., Drummond, Rachel, Focardi, Mauro, Gómez, Jose M., Holmes, Warren, Krijger, Matthijs, Kovacs, Zsolt, Hunt, Tom, Machado, Richardo, Morgante, Gianluca, Ollivier, Marc, Ottensamer, Roland, Pace, Emanuele, Pagano, Teresa, Pascale, Enzo, Pearson, Chris, Pedersen, Søren Møller, Pniel, Moshe, Roose, Stéphane, Savini, Giorgio, Stamper, Richard, Szirovicza, Peter, Szoke, Janos, Tosh, Ian, Vilardell, Francesc, Barstow, Joanna, Borsato, Luca, Casewell, Sarah, Changeat, Quentin, Charnay, Benjamin, Civiš, Svatopluk, Foresto, Vincent Coudé du, Coustenis, Athena, Cowan, Nicolas, Danielski, Camilla, Demangeon, Olivier, Drossart, Pierre, Edwards, Billy N., Gilli, Gabriella, Encrenaz, Therese, Kiss, Csaba, Kokori, Anastasia, Ikoma, Masahiro, Morales, Juan Carlos, Mendonça, João, Moneti, Andrea, Mugnai, Lorenzo, Muñoz, Antonio García, Helled, Ravit, Kama, Mihkel, Miguel, Yamila, Nikolaou, Nikos, Pagano, Isabella, Panic, Olja, Rengel, Miriam, Rickman, Hans, Rocchetto, Marco, Sarkar, Subhajit, Selsis, Franck, Tennyson, Jonathan, Tsiaras, Angelos, Venot, Olivia, Vida, Krisztián, Waldmann, Ingo P., Yurchenko, Sergey, Szabó, Gyula, Zellem, Rob, Al-Refaie, Ahmed, Alvarez, Javier Perez, Anisman, Lara, Arhancet, Axel, Ateca, Jaume, Baeyens, Robin, Barnes, John R., Bell, Taylor, Benatti, Serena, Biazzo, Katia, Błęcka, Maria, Bonomo, Aldo Stefano, Bosch, José, Bossini, Diego, Bourgalais, Jeremy, Brienza, Daniele, Brucalassi, Anna, Bruno, Giovanni, Caines, Hamish, Calcutt, Simon, Campante, Tiago, Canestrari, Rodolfo, Cann, Nick, Casali, Giada, Casas, Albert, Cassone, Giuseppe, Cara, Christophe, Carone, Ludmila, Carrasco, Nathalie, Chioetto, Paolo, Cortecchia, Fausto, Czupalla, Markus, Chubb, Katy L., Ciaravella, Angela, Claret, Antonio, Claudi, Riccardo, Codella, Claudio, Comas, Maya Garcia, Cracchiolo, Gianluca, Cubillos, Patricio, Peppo, Vania Da, Decin, Leen, Dejabrun, Clemence, Delgado-Mena, Elisa, Giorgio, Anna Di, Diolaiti, Emiliano, Dorn, Caroline, Doublier, Vanessa, Doumayrou, Eric, Dransfield, Georgina, Dumaye, Luc, Dunford, Emma, Escobar, Antonio Jimenez, Eylen, Vincent Van, Farina, Maria, Fedele, Davide, Fernández, Alejandro, Fleury, Benjamin, Fonte, Sergio, Fontignie, Jean, Fossati, Luca, Funke, Bernd, Galy, Camille, Garai, Zoltán, García, Andrés, García-Rigo, Alberto, Garufi, Antonio, Sacco, Giuseppe Germano, Giacobbe, Paolo, Gómez, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Arturo, Gonzalez-Galindo, Francisco, Grassi, Davide, Griffith, Caitlin, Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe, Goujon, Audrey, Gressier, Amélie, Grzegorczyk, Aleksandra, Guillot, Tristan, Guilluy, Gloria, Hargrave, Peter, Hellin, Marie-Laure, Herrero, Enrique, Hills, Matt, Horeau, Benoit, Ito, Yuichi, Jessen, Niels Christian, Kabath, Petr, Kálmán, Szilárd, Kawashima, Yui, Kimura, Tadahiro, Knížek, Antonín, Kreidberg, Laura, Kruid, Ronald, Kruijssen, Diederik J. M., Kubelík, Petr, Lara, Luisa, Lebonnois, Sebastien, Lee, David, Lefevre, Maxence, Lichtenberg, Tim, Locci, Daniele, Lombini, Matteo, Lopez, Alejandro Sanchez, Lorenzani, Andrea, MacDonald, Ryan, Magrini, Laura, Maldonado, Jesus, Marcq, Emmanuel, Migliorini, Alessandra, Modirrousta-Galian, Darius, Molaverdikhani, Karan, Molinari, Sergio, Mollière, Paul, Moreau, Vincent, Morello, Giuseppe, Morinaud, Gilles, Morvan, Mario, Moses, Julianne I., Mouzali, Salima, Nakhjiri, Nariman, Naponiello, Luca, Narita, Norio, Nascimbeni, Valerio, Nikolaou, Athanasia, Noce, Vladimiro, Oliva, Fabrizio, Palladino, Pietro, Papageorgiou, Andreas, Parmentier, Vivien, Peres, Giovanni, Pérez, Javier, Perez-Hoyos, Santiago, Perger, Manuel, Pestellini, Cesare Cecchi, Petralia, Antonino, Philippon, Anne, Piccialli, Arianna, Pignatari, Marco, Piotto, Giampaolo, Podio, Linda, Polenta, Gianluca, Preti, Giampaolo, Pribulla, Theodor, Puertas, Manuel Lopez, Rainer, Monica, Reess, Jean-Michel, Rimmer, Paul, Robert, Séverine, Rosich, Albert, Rossi, Loic, Rust, Duncan, Saleh, Ayman, Sanna, Nicoletta, Schisano, Eugenio, Schreiber, Laura, Schwartz, Victor, Scippa, Antonio, Seli, Bálint, Shibata, Sho, Simpson, Caroline, Shorttle, Oliver, Skaf, N., Skup, Konrad, Sobiecki, Mateusz, Sousa, Sergio, Sozzetti, Alessandro, Šponer, Judit, Steiger, Lukas, Tanga, Paolo, Tackley, Paul, Taylor, Jake, Tecza, Matthias, Terenzi, Luca, Tremblin, Pascal, Tozzi, Andrea, Triaud, Amaury, Trompet, Loïc, Tsai, Shang-Min, Tsantaki, Maria, Valencia, Diana, Vandaele, Ann Carine, Swaelmen, Mathieu Van der, Vardan, Adibekyan, Vasisht, Gautam, Vazan, Allona, Vecchio, Ciro Del, Waltham, Dave, Wawer, Piotr, Widemann, Thomas, Wolkenberg, Paulina, Yip, Gordon Hou, Yung, Yuk, Zilinskas, Mantas, Zingales, Tiziano, Zuppella, Paola, Tinetti, Giovanna, Eccleston, Paul, Haswell, Carole, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Leconte, Jérémy, Lüftinger, Theresa, Micela, Giusi, Min, Michel, Pilbratt, Göran, Puig, Ludovic, Swain, Mark, Testi, Leonardo, Turrini, Diego, Vandenbussche, Bart, Osorio, Maria Rosa Zapatero, Aret, Anna, Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe, Buchhave, Lars, Ferus, Martin, Griffin, Matt, Guedel, Manuel, Hartogh, Paul, Machado, Pedro, Malaguti, Giuseppe, Pallé, Enric, Rataj, Mirek, Ray, Tom, Ribas, Ignasi, Szabó, Robert, Tan, Jonathan, Werner, Stephanie, Ratti, Francesco, Scharmberg, Carsten, Salvignol, Jean-Christophe, Boudin, Nathalie, Halain, Jean-Philippe, Haag, Martin, Crouzet, Pierre-Elie, Kohley, Ralf, Symonds, Kate, Renk, Florian, Caldwell, Andrew, Abreu, Manuel, Alonso, Gustavo, Amiaux, Jerome, Berthé, Michel, Bishop, Georgia, Bowles, Neil, Carmona, Manuel, Coffey, Deirdre, Colomé, Josep, Crook, Martin, Désjonqueres, Lucile, Díaz, José J., Drummond, Rachel, Focardi, Mauro, Gómez, Jose M., Holmes, Warren, Krijger, Matthijs, Kovacs, Zsolt, Hunt, Tom, Machado, Richardo, Morgante, Gianluca, Ollivier, Marc, Ottensamer, Roland, Pace, Emanuele, Pagano, Teresa, Pascale, Enzo, Pearson, Chris, Pedersen, Søren Møller, Pniel, Moshe, Roose, Stéphane, Savini, Giorgio, Stamper, Richard, Szirovicza, Peter, Szoke, Janos, Tosh, Ian, Vilardell, Francesc, Barstow, Joanna, Borsato, Luca, Casewell, Sarah, Changeat, Quentin, Charnay, Benjamin, Civiš, Svatopluk, Foresto, Vincent Coudé du, Coustenis, Athena, Cowan, Nicolas, Danielski, Camilla, Demangeon, Olivier, Drossart, Pierre, Edwards, Billy N., Gilli, Gabriella, Encrenaz, Therese, Kiss, Csaba, Kokori, Anastasia, Ikoma, Masahiro, Morales, Juan Carlos, Mendonça, João, Moneti, Andrea, Mugnai, Lorenzo, Muñoz, Antonio García, Helled, Ravit, Kama, Mihkel, Miguel, Yamila, Nikolaou, Nikos, Pagano, Isabella, Panic, Olja, Rengel, Miriam, Rickman, Hans, Rocchetto, Marco, Sarkar, Subhajit, Selsis, Franck, Tennyson, Jonathan, Tsiaras, Angelos, Venot, Olivia, Vida, Krisztián, Waldmann, Ingo P., Yurchenko, Sergey, Szabó, Gyula, Zellem, Rob, Al-Refaie, Ahmed, Alvarez, Javier Perez, Anisman, Lara, Arhancet, Axel, Ateca, Jaume, Baeyens, Robin, Barnes, John R., Bell, Taylor, Benatti, Serena, Biazzo, Katia, Błęcka, Maria, Bonomo, Aldo Stefano, Bosch, José, Bossini, Diego, Bourgalais, Jeremy, Brienza, Daniele, Brucalassi, Anna, Bruno, Giovanni, Caines, Hamish, Calcutt, Simon, Campante, Tiago, Canestrari, Rodolfo, Cann, Nick, Casali, Giada, Casas, Albert, Cassone, Giuseppe, Cara, Christophe, Carone, Ludmila, Carrasco, Nathalie, Chioetto, Paolo, Cortecchia, Fausto, Czupalla, Markus, Chubb, Katy L., Ciaravella, Angela, Claret, Antonio, Claudi, Riccardo, Codella, Claudio, Comas, Maya Garcia, Cracchiolo, Gianluca, Cubillos, Patricio, Peppo, Vania Da, Decin, Leen, Dejabrun, Clemence, Delgado-Mena, Elisa, Giorgio, Anna Di, Diolaiti, Emiliano, Dorn, Caroline, Doublier, Vanessa, Doumayrou, Eric, Dransfield, Georgina, Dumaye, Luc, Dunford, Emma, Escobar, Antonio Jimenez, Eylen, Vincent Van, Farina, Maria, Fedele, Davide, Fernández, Alejandro, Fleury, Benjamin, Fonte, Sergio, Fontignie, Jean, Fossati, Luca, Funke, Bernd, Galy, Camille, Garai, Zoltán, García, Andrés, García-Rigo, Alberto, Garufi, Antonio, Sacco, Giuseppe Germano, Giacobbe, Paolo, Gómez, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Arturo, Gonzalez-Galindo, Francisco, Grassi, Davide, Griffith, Caitlin, Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe, Goujon, Audrey, Gressier, Amélie, Grzegorczyk, Aleksandra, Guillot, Tristan, Guilluy, Gloria, Hargrave, Peter, Hellin, Marie-Laure, Herrero, Enrique, Hills, Matt, Horeau, Benoit, Ito, Yuichi, Jessen, Niels Christian, Kabath, Petr, Kálmán, Szilárd, Kawashima, Yui, Kimura, Tadahiro, Knížek, Antonín, Kreidberg, Laura, Kruid, Ronald, Kruijssen, Diederik J. M., Kubelík, Petr, Lara, Luisa, Lebonnois, Sebastien, Lee, David, Lefevre, Maxence, Lichtenberg, Tim, Locci, Daniele, Lombini, Matteo, Lopez, Alejandro Sanchez, Lorenzani, Andrea, MacDonald, Ryan, Magrini, Laura, Maldonado, Jesus, Marcq, Emmanuel, Migliorini, Alessandra, Modirrousta-Galian, Darius, Molaverdikhani, Karan, Molinari, Sergio, Mollière, Paul, Moreau, Vincent, Morello, Giuseppe, Morinaud, Gilles, Morvan, Mario, Moses, Julianne I., Mouzali, Salima, Nakhjiri, Nariman, Naponiello, Luca, Narita, Norio, Nascimbeni, Valerio, Nikolaou, Athanasia, Noce, Vladimiro, Oliva, Fabrizio, Palladino, Pietro, Papageorgiou, Andreas, Parmentier, Vivien, Peres, Giovanni, Pérez, Javier, Perez-Hoyos, Santiago, Perger, Manuel, Pestellini, Cesare Cecchi, Petralia, Antonino, Philippon, Anne, Piccialli, Arianna, Pignatari, Marco, Piotto, Giampaolo, Podio, Linda, Polenta, Gianluca, Preti, Giampaolo, Pribulla, Theodor, Puertas, Manuel Lopez, Rainer, Monica, Reess, Jean-Michel, Rimmer, Paul, Robert, Séverine, Rosich, Albert, Rossi, Loic, Rust, Duncan, Saleh, Ayman, Sanna, Nicoletta, Schisano, Eugenio, Schreiber, Laura, Schwartz, Victor, Scippa, Antonio, Seli, Bálint, Shibata, Sho, Simpson, Caroline, Shorttle, Oliver, Skaf, N., Skup, Konrad, Sobiecki, Mateusz, Sousa, Sergio, Sozzetti, Alessandro, Šponer, Judit, Steiger, Lukas, Tanga, Paolo, Tackley, Paul, Taylor, Jake, Tecza, Matthias, Terenzi, Luca, Tremblin, Pascal, Tozzi, Andrea, Triaud, Amaury, Trompet, Loïc, Tsai, Shang-Min, Tsantaki, Maria, Valencia, Diana, Vandaele, Ann Carine, Swaelmen, Mathieu Van der, Vardan, Adibekyan, Vasisht, Gautam, Vazan, Allona, Vecchio, Ciro Del, Waltham, Dave, Wawer, Piotr, Widemann, Thomas, Wolkenberg, Paulina, Yip, Gordon Hou, Yung, Yuk, Zilinskas, Mantas, Zingales, Tiziano, and Zuppella, Paola

Abstract

The concept of a mission devoted to atmospheric characterization of exoplanets through transit spectroscopy was first considered in Europe in 2007, shortly after the DARWIN proposal submitted to ESA for the first Cosmic Vision call for L-class missions was rejected because of the need for further scientific and technical developments. Following the decision, both ESA (EP-RAT panel report, October 2010) and the Exoplanetary Community (Blue Dot Team – Barcelona conference, September 2009) started a discussion to define a roadmap for exoplanetary research. Both groups concluded that an intermediate step was needed, both scientifically and technically, before the characterisation of Earth-like planets could be tackled, and recommended a transit spectroscopy mission as a first step to atmospheric characterisation. A short study was undertaken at ESTEC in the context of the ExoPlanet Roadmap Advisory Team mandate under the name ESM (Exoplanet Spectroscopy Mission). Following this study the Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO) was proposed and accepted for assessment phase study in the context of the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme M3 medium class mission opportunity. Although eventually not selected, the EChO study1 allowed further development of the technical building blocks and the science case for an eventual transit spectroscopy mission. In response to the call for the next medium class opportunity, Cosmic Vision M4, a proposal was submitted in January 2015: the Atmospheric Remote-sensing InfraRed Large-survey (ARIEL). The mission was one of the three selected in June 2015 for study in a Phase 0/A, a competitive assessment phase2. ARIEL was eventually selected as M4 in March 2018, and went into Phase B1, the definition study phase. The name of the mission has been changed to Ariel after selection. During Phase B1, the science case was studied in depth and consolidated under auspices of the Science Advisory Team, the bulk of the work be

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