Studies of Expolanets and Solar Systems with SPICA

The SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) is a proposed mid-to-far infrared (4-200 um) astronomy mission, scheduled for launch in 2017. A single, 3.5m aperture telescope would provide superior image quality at 5-200 um, and its very cold (~5 K) instrumentation would provide...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2009-11
Main Authors: Takami, Michihiro, Tamura, Motohide, Enya, Keigo, Ootsubo, Takafumi, Fukagawa, Misato, Honda, Mitsuhiko, Okamoto, Yoshiko, Sako, Shigehisa, Yamashita, Takuya, Hasegawa, Sunao, Kataza, Hirokazu, Matsuhara, Hideo, Nakagawa, Takao, Goicoechea, Javier R, Isaak, Kate, Swinyard, Bruce
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apertures
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Extrasolar planets
Image quality
Infrared astronomy
Infrared telescopes
Instruments
Solar system
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Summary:The SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) is a proposed mid-to-far infrared (4-200 um) astronomy mission, scheduled for launch in 2017. A single, 3.5m aperture telescope would provide superior image quality at 5-200 um, and its very cold (~5 K) instrumentation would provide superior sensitivity in the 25-200 um wavelength regimes. This would provide a breakthrough opportunity for studies of exoplanets, protoplanetary and debris disk, and small solar system bodies. This paper summarizes the potential scientific impacts for the proposed instrumentation.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0911.3974