PLATO's signal and noise budget

ESA's PLATO mission aims the detection and characterization of terrestrial planets around solar-type stars as well as the study of host star properties. The noise-to-signal ratio (NSR) is the main performance parameter of the PLATO instrument, which consists of 24 Normal Cameras and 2 Fast Came...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-06
Main Authors: Börner, Anko, Paproth, Carsten, Cabrera, Juan, Pertenais, Martin, Rauer, Heike, J Miguel Mas-Hesse, Pagano, Isabella, Jose Lorenzo Alvarez, Erikson, Anders, Grießbach, Denis, Levillain, Yves, Magrin, Demetrio, Mogulsky, Valery, Sami-Matias Niemi, Prod'homme, Thibaut, Regibo, Sara, De Ridder, Joris, Rockstein, Steve, Samadi, Reza, Serrano-Velarde, Dimitri, Smith, Alan, Verhoeve, Peter, Walton, Dave
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Language:English
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Terrestrial planets
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Summary:ESA's PLATO mission aims the detection and characterization of terrestrial planets around solar-type stars as well as the study of host star properties. The noise-to-signal ratio (NSR) is the main performance parameter of the PLATO instrument, which consists of 24 Normal Cameras and 2 Fast Cameras. In order to justify, verify and breakdown NSR-relevant requirements the software simulator PINE was developed. PINE models the signal pathway from a target star to the digital output of a camera based on physical models and considers the major noise contributors. In this paper, the simulator's coarse mode is introduced which allows fast performance analyses on instrument level. The added value of PINE is illustrated by exemplary applications.
ISSN:2331-8422