Abstract
AIRS is the infrared spectroscopic instrument of ARIEL: Atmospheric Remote‐sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large‐survey mission selected as the Cosmic Vision M4 ESA mission. This mission will perform transit spectroscopy of over a 1000 of exoplanets to complete a statistical survey.
AIRS spectroscopic data will cover the 1.95-3.90 µm (Channel 0) and the 3.90-7.80 µm (Channel 1) wavelength ranges with dispersive elements producing spectrum of low resolutions R>100 in channel 0 and R>30 in channel 1. This article will describe the AIRS optical alignment method and results of the Engineering Model, providing important data for the instrument calibration.
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
1992-1994 - Observatoire de Meudon - France - AIT/AIV Engineer assistant - for multi-objects spectrometers with fibers for ESO telescopes at LaSilla and Paranal (VLT).
1994-2009 - Observatoire de Paris - France -AIT/AIV Engineer assistant for the Heterodyne chains for the submillimetric sensors for R&T, the stratospheric observatory PIROG and HIFI, instrument for the space observatory Herschel.
2009-2016 - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris - France -AIT/AIV Engineer of the seismometer of the SEIS instrument for the Martian observatory Insight.
2017-until now - Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale - Calibration manager engineer of the spectrometer MAJIS for the jovian spacecraft JUICE and alignment and validation manager of the spectrometer AIRS for the space observatory ARIEL.
Application tracks:
Astrophotonics
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Bruno Crane
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Jean-Pierre Dubois
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Clémence De Jabrun
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Gilles Morinaud
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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Xueyan Zhang
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS (France)
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AIM, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS (France)
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Michel G. Berthé
AIM, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS (France)
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AIM, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS (France)
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Jérôme Martignac
AIM, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS (France)
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Norma Hurtado
AIM, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS (France)
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Vincent Lapeyrère
Lab. d’I, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris Cité, CNRS (France), Sorbonne Univ., Univ. Paris Cité, CNRS (France)
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Jérôme Parisot
Lab. d’Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris, Univ. PSL (France), Sorbonne Univ., Univ. Paris Cité, CNRS (France)
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Eitan Péchevis
Lab. d’Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris, Univ. PSL (France), Sorbonne Univ., Univ. Paris Cité, CNRS (France)
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LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris Cité, CNRS (France)