The ocean worlds science case for the Pollux spectropolarimeter
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| author | Hue, Vincent Benmahi, Bilal Barthelemy, Mathieu Becker, Tracy M. Bouret, Jean-Claude Cartwright, Richard J. Chaufray, Jean-Yves Fossati, Luca Giono, Gabriel Poch, Olivier Raut, Ujjwal Roth, Lorenz |
| author_facet | Hue, Vincent Benmahi, Bilal Barthelemy, Mathieu Becker, Tracy M. Bouret, Jean-Claude Cartwright, Richard J. Chaufray, Jean-Yves Fossati, Luca Giono, Gabriel Poch, Olivier Raut, Ujjwal Roth, Lorenz |
| contents | Pollux is a candidate European instrument contribution to the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), designed to advance our understanding of the formation and evolution of cosmic structures in the universe, and specifically search signs of life on extrasolar planets. This high-resolution spectrograph (R\,$>$\,40,000) with polarimetric capabilities offers nearly continuous and simultaneous coverage from the FUV ($\sim$100\,nm) to the NIR ($\sim$1.9\,$\micron$), making it a versatile tool for a wide range of scientific investigations from solar system studies to cosmology. Several Solar System ocean worlds have been the focal point of the scientific community to understand the conditions of their internal saline oceans, as well as the possible emergence of life beyond Earth. The ocean world science case will leverage Pollux's UV spectropolarimetric capabilities to investigate surface reflectance and composition, characterize airglow emissions in the environments of giant-planet moons, as well as constrain the microphysical properties of atmospheric aerosols. |
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| spellingShingle | The ocean worlds science case for the Pollux spectropolarimeter Hue, Vincent Benmahi, Bilal Barthelemy, Mathieu Becker, Tracy M. Bouret, Jean-Claude Cartwright, Richard J. Chaufray, Jean-Yves Fossati, Luca Giono, Gabriel Poch, Olivier Raut, Ujjwal Roth, Lorenz Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Pollux is a candidate European instrument contribution to the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), designed to advance our understanding of the formation and evolution of cosmic structures in the universe, and specifically search signs of life on extrasolar planets. This high-resolution spectrograph (R\,$>$\,40,000) with polarimetric capabilities offers nearly continuous and simultaneous coverage from the FUV ($\sim$100\,nm) to the NIR ($\sim$1.9\,$\micron$), making it a versatile tool for a wide range of scientific investigations from solar system studies to cosmology. Several Solar System ocean worlds have been the focal point of the scientific community to understand the conditions of their internal saline oceans, as well as the possible emergence of life beyond Earth. The ocean world science case will leverage Pollux's UV spectropolarimetric capabilities to investigate surface reflectance and composition, characterize airglow emissions in the environments of giant-planet moons, as well as constrain the microphysical properties of atmospheric aerosols. |
| title | The ocean worlds science case for the Pollux spectropolarimeter |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11112 |