RISTRETTO: reflected-light exoplanet spectroscopy at the diffraction limit of the VLT

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Autori principali: Lovis, Christophe, Blind, Nicolas, Chazelas, Bruno, Shinde, Muskan, Bugatti, Maddalena, Restori, Nathanaël, Dinis, Isaac, Genolet, Ludovic, Hughes, Ian, Sordet, Michaël, Schnell, Robin, Rihs, Samuel, Crausaz, Adrien, Turbet, Martin, Billot, Nicolas, Fusco, Thierry, Neichel, Benoit, Sauvage, Jean-François, Diaz, Pablo Santos, Houelle, Mathilde, Blackman, Joshua, Lanotte, Audrey, Kühn, Jonas, Hagelberg, Janis, Guyon, Olivier, Martinez, Patrice, Spang, Alain, Mordasini, Christoph, Ehrenreich, David, Demory, Brice-Olivier, Bolmont, Emeline
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author Lovis, Christophe
Blind, Nicolas
Chazelas, Bruno
Shinde, Muskan
Bugatti, Maddalena
Restori, Nathanaël
Dinis, Isaac
Genolet, Ludovic
Hughes, Ian
Sordet, Michaël
Schnell, Robin
Rihs, Samuel
Crausaz, Adrien
Turbet, Martin
Billot, Nicolas
Fusco, Thierry
Neichel, Benoit
Sauvage, Jean-François
Diaz, Pablo Santos
Houelle, Mathilde
Blackman, Joshua
Lanotte, Audrey
Kühn, Jonas
Hagelberg, Janis
Guyon, Olivier
Martinez, Patrice
Spang, Alain
Mordasini, Christoph
Ehrenreich, David
Demory, Brice-Olivier
Bolmont, Emeline
author_facet Lovis, Christophe
Blind, Nicolas
Chazelas, Bruno
Shinde, Muskan
Bugatti, Maddalena
Restori, Nathanaël
Dinis, Isaac
Genolet, Ludovic
Hughes, Ian
Sordet, Michaël
Schnell, Robin
Rihs, Samuel
Crausaz, Adrien
Turbet, Martin
Billot, Nicolas
Fusco, Thierry
Neichel, Benoit
Sauvage, Jean-François
Diaz, Pablo Santos
Houelle, Mathilde
Blackman, Joshua
Lanotte, Audrey
Kühn, Jonas
Hagelberg, Janis
Guyon, Olivier
Martinez, Patrice
Spang, Alain
Mordasini, Christoph
Ehrenreich, David
Demory, Brice-Olivier
Bolmont, Emeline
contents RISTRETTO is a visible high-resolution spectrograph fed by an extreme adaptive optics (AO) system, to be proposed as a visitor instrument on ESO VLT. The main science goal of RISTRETTO is to pioneer the detection and atmospheric characterisation of exoplanets in reflected light, in particular the temperate rocky planet Proxima b. RISTRETTO will be able to measure albedos and detect atmospheric features in a number of exoplanets orbiting nearby stars for the first time. It will do so by combining a high-contrast AO system working at the diffraction limit of the telescope to a high-resolution spectrograph, via a 7-spaxel integral-field unit (IFU) feeding single-mode fibers. Further science cases for RISTRETTO include the study of accreting protoplanets such as PDS70b/c through spectrally-resolved H-alpha emission, and spatially-resolved studies of Solar System objects such as icy moons and the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. The project is in the manufacturing phase for the spectrograph sub-system, and the preliminary design phase for the AO front-end. Specific developments for RISTRETTO include a novel coronagraphic IFU combining a phase-induced amplitude apodizer (PIAA) to a 3D-printed microlens array feeding a bundle of single-mode fibers. It also features an XAO system with a dual wavefront sensor aiming at high robustness and sensitivity, including to pupil fragmentation. RISTRETTO is a pathfinder instrument in view of similar developments at the ELT, in particular the SCAO-IFU mode of ELT-ANDES and the future ELT-PCS instrument.
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spellingShingle RISTRETTO: reflected-light exoplanet spectroscopy at the diffraction limit of the VLT
Lovis, Christophe
Blind, Nicolas
Chazelas, Bruno
Shinde, Muskan
Bugatti, Maddalena
Restori, Nathanaël
Dinis, Isaac
Genolet, Ludovic
Hughes, Ian
Sordet, Michaël
Schnell, Robin
Rihs, Samuel
Crausaz, Adrien
Turbet, Martin
Billot, Nicolas
Fusco, Thierry
Neichel, Benoit
Sauvage, Jean-François
Diaz, Pablo Santos
Houelle, Mathilde
Blackman, Joshua
Lanotte, Audrey
Kühn, Jonas
Hagelberg, Janis
Guyon, Olivier
Martinez, Patrice
Spang, Alain
Mordasini, Christoph
Ehrenreich, David
Demory, Brice-Olivier
Bolmont, Emeline
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
RISTRETTO is a visible high-resolution spectrograph fed by an extreme adaptive optics (AO) system, to be proposed as a visitor instrument on ESO VLT. The main science goal of RISTRETTO is to pioneer the detection and atmospheric characterisation of exoplanets in reflected light, in particular the temperate rocky planet Proxima b. RISTRETTO will be able to measure albedos and detect atmospheric features in a number of exoplanets orbiting nearby stars for the first time. It will do so by combining a high-contrast AO system working at the diffraction limit of the telescope to a high-resolution spectrograph, via a 7-spaxel integral-field unit (IFU) feeding single-mode fibers. Further science cases for RISTRETTO include the study of accreting protoplanets such as PDS70b/c through spectrally-resolved H-alpha emission, and spatially-resolved studies of Solar System objects such as icy moons and the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. The project is in the manufacturing phase for the spectrograph sub-system, and the preliminary design phase for the AO front-end. Specific developments for RISTRETTO include a novel coronagraphic IFU combining a phase-induced amplitude apodizer (PIAA) to a 3D-printed microlens array feeding a bundle of single-mode fibers. It also features an XAO system with a dual wavefront sensor aiming at high robustness and sensitivity, including to pupil fragmentation. RISTRETTO is a pathfinder instrument in view of similar developments at the ELT, in particular the SCAO-IFU mode of ELT-ANDES and the future ELT-PCS instrument.
title RISTRETTO: reflected-light exoplanet spectroscopy at the diffraction limit of the VLT
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02875