Published September 5, 2022
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A Day in the LIFE
Authors/Creators
- 1. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA
- 2. Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics ETH Zürich
- 3. Université Paris-Saclay
- 4. ...
Description
We briefly outline the basic ideas behind LIFE, the Large Interferometer For Exoplanets, a proposed space mission which topic coincides with one of those recently selected for ESA's Voyage 2050. LIFE is a project initiated in Europe with the goal to consolidate various efforts and define a roadmap that eventually leads to the launch of a large, space based mid-IR nulling interferometer to investigate the atmospheric properties of a large sample of (primarily) terrestrial exoplanets. We summarise the current scientific and engineering efforts related to LIFE.
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See https://life-space-mission.com/
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References
- Quanz et al., Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) I. Improved exoplanet detection yield estimates for a large mid-infrared space-interferometer mission, 2022 A&A, 664, A21
- Dannert et al., Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) II. Signal simulation, signal extraction, and fundamental exoplanet parameters from single-epoch observations, 2022 A&A, 664, A22
- Konrad et al., Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) III. Spectral resolution, wavelength range, and sensitivity requirements based on atmospheric retrieval analyses of an exo-Earth., 2022 A&A, 664, A23
- Hansen et al., Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) IV. Ideal kernel-nulling array architectures for a space-based mid-infrared nulling interferometer, 2022 A&A, 664, A52
- Alei et al., Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) V. Diagnostic potential of a mid-infrared space-interferometer for studying Earth analogs, 2022 A&A, in press (eprint arXiv:2204.10041)
- Hansen et al., Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) VII. Practical implementation of a kernel-nulling beam combiner with a discussion on instrumental uncertainties and redundancy benefits, 2022 A&A, in press (eprint arXiv:2204.12291)