The EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE)

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dc.contributor.authorNagler, Peter C.
dc.contributor.authorBernard, Lee
dc.contributor.authorBocchieri, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorButler, Nat
dc.contributor.authorHelson, Kyle
dc.contributor.authoret al
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-10T13:42:57Z
dc.date.available2022-10-10T13:42:57Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-29
dc.descriptionAuthors: Peter C. Nagler, Lee Bernard, Andrea Bocchieri, Nat Butler, Quentin Changeat, Azzurra D'Alessandro, Billy Edwards, John Gamaunt, Qian Gong, John Hartley, Kyle Helson, Logan Jensen, Daniel P. Kelly, Kanchita Klangboonkrong, Annalies Kleyheeg, Nikole K. Lewis, Steven Li, Michael Line, Stephen F. Maher, Ryan McClelland, Laddawan R. Miko, Lorenzo V. Mugnai, C. Barth Netterfield, Vivien Parmentier, Enzo Pascale, Jennifer Patience, Tim Rehm, Javier Romualdez, Subhajit Sarkar, Paul A. Scowen, Gregory S. Tucker, Augustyn Waczynski, Ingo Waldmannen_US
dc.descriptionSPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada
dc.description.abstractThe EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE) is a 0.5 meter near-infrared spectrograph that will fly from a high altitude balloon platform. EXCITE is designed to perform phase-resolved spectroscopy – continuous spectroscopic observations of a planet’s entire orbit about its host star – of transiting hot Jupiter-type exoplanets. With spectral coverage from 0.8 – 4 um, EXCITE will measure the peak of a target’s spectral energy distribution and the spectral signatures of many hydrogen and carbon-containing molecules. Phase curve observations are highly resource intensive, especially for shared-use facilities, and they require exceptional photometric stability that is difficult to achieve, even from space. In this work, we introduce the EXCITE experiment and explain how it will solve both these problems. We discuss its sensitivity and stability, then provide an update on its current status as we work toward a 2024 long duration science flight.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is supported by NASA award 18-APRA18-0075 selected under NASA Research Announcement NNH18ZDA001N, Research Opportunities in Space Science – 2018 (ROSES-2018), and in part by the NASA Rhode Island Space Grant. Work by Kyle Helson is supported by NASA under award number 80GSFC17M0002en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12184/121840V/The-EXoplanet-Climate-Infrared-TElescope-EXCITE/10.1117/12.2629373.fullen_US
dc.format.extent12 pagesen_US
dc.genreconference papers and proceedingsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2dwow-hcka
dc.identifier.citationPeter C. Nagler, Lee Bernard, Andrea Bocchieri, Nat Butler, Quentin Changeat, Azzurra D'Alessandro, Billy Edwards, John Gamaunt, Qian Gong, John Hartley, Kyle Helson, Logan Jensen, Daniel P. Kelly, Kanchita Klangboonkrong, Annalies Kleyheeg, Nikole K. Lewis, Steven Li, Michael Line, Stephen F. Maher, Ryan McClelland, Laddawan R. Miko, Lorenzo V. Mugnai, C. Barth Netterfield, Vivien Parmentier, Enzo Pascale, Jennifer Patience, Tim Rehm, Javier Romualdez, Subhajit Sarkar, Paul A. Scowen, Gregory S. Tucker, Augustyn Waczynski, Ingo Waldmann, "The EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE)," Proc. SPIE 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, 121840V (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629373en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629373
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/26124
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSPIEen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.en_US
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dc.titleThe EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE)en_US
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