g aia a stereoscopic census of our galaxy rssd.esat/gaia november 2003
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G aia A Stereoscopic Census of our Galaxy http://www.rssd.esa.int/Gaia November 2003. Gaia: Design Considerations. Astrometry (V < 20): completeness to 20 mag ( on-board detection) 10 9 stars accuracy: 10-20 arcsec at 15 mag (Hipparcos: 1 milliarcsec at 9 mag) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Gaia A Stereoscopic Census of our Galaxy
http://www.rssd.esa.int/Gaia
November 2003
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Gaia: Design Considerations
• Astrometry (V < 20):– completeness to 20 mag (on-board detection) 109 stars– accuracy: 10-20 arcsec at 15 mag (Hipparcos: 1 milliarcsec at 9 mag)– scanning satellite, two viewing directions
global accuracy, with optimal use of observing time– principles: global astrometric reduction (as for Hipparcos)
• Radial velocity (V < 16-17):– application:
• third component of space motion, perspective acceleration• dynamics, population studies, binaries• spectra: chemistry, rotation
– principles: slitless spectroscopy using Ca triplet (848-874 nm)
• Photometry (V < 20):– astrophysical diagnostics (5 broad + 11 narrow-band) + chromaticity
Teff ~ 200 K, log g, [Fe/H] to 0.2 dex, extinction
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Gaia: Complete, Faint, Accurate
Hipparcos Gaia
Magnitude limit 12 20 mag Completeness 7.3 – 9.0 ~20 mag Bright limit ~0 ~3-7 mag Number of objects 120 000 26 million to V = 15 250 million to V = 18 1000 million to V = 20 Effective distance limit 1 kpc 1 Mpc Quasars None ~5
Galaxies None 106 - 107 Accuracy ~1 milliarcsec 4 arcsec at V = 10 10-15 arcsec at V = 15 200-300 arcsec at V = 20 Broad band photometry
2-colour (B and V) 5-colour to V = 20 Medium band photometry
None 11-colour to V = 20 Radial velocity None 1-10 km/s to V = 16-17 Observing programme Pre-selected Complete and unbiased
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Stellar Astrophysics • Comprehensive luminosity calibration, for example:
– distances to 1% for ~20 million stars to 2.5 kpc– distances to 10% for 150 million stars to 25 kpc– rare stellar types and rapid evolutionary phases in large numbers– parallax calibration of all distance indicators
e.g. Cepheids and RR Lyrae to LMC/SMC
• Physical properties, for example:– clean Hertzsprung-Russell sequences throughout the Galaxy– solar neighbourhood mass function and luminosity function
e.g. white dwarfs (~200,000) and brown dwarfs (~50,000)– initial mass and luminosity functions in star forming regions– luminosity function for pre main-sequence stars– detection and dating of all spectral types and Galactic populations– detection and characterisation of variability for all spectral types
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One Billion Stars in 3-d will Provide…
• in our Galaxy…– the distance and velocity distributions of all stellar populations– the spatial and dynamic structure of the disk and halo– its formation history– a rigorous framework for stellar structure and evolution theories– a large-scale survey of extra-solar planets (~10–20,000)– a large-scale survey of Solar System bodies (~100,000)– support to developments such as VLT, JWST, etc
• …and beyond– definitive distance standards out to the LMC/SMC– rapid reaction alerts for supernovae and burst sources (~20,000)– QSO detection, redshifts, microlensing structure (~500,000)– fundamental quantities to unprecedented accuracy: to 10-7 (10-3 present)
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Planets: Expected Discoveries
• Astrometric survey:– monitoring of hundreds of thousands of FGK stars to ~200 pc– detection limits: ~1MJ and P < 10 years– complete census of all stellar types, P = 2–9 years– masses, rather than lower limits (m sin i)– multiple systems measurable, giving relative inclinations
• Results expected:– 10–20,000 planets (~10 per day)– displacement for 47 UMa = 360 as– orbits for ~5000 systems– masses down to 10 MEarth to 10 pc
• Photometric transits: ~5000?
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• Asteroids etc:– deep and uniform (20 mag) detection of all moving objects
– 105–106 new objects expected (65,000 presently)
– taxonomy/mineralogical composition versus heliocentric distance
– diameters for ~1000, masses for ~100
– orbits: 30 times better than present, even after 100 years
– Trojan companions of Mars, Earth and Venus
– Kuiper Belt objects: ~300 to 20 mag (binarity, Plutinos)
• Near-Earth Objects: – Amors, Apollos and Atens (442, 455, 75 known today) – ~1600 Earth-crossers >1 km predicted (100 currently known)– detection limit: 260–590 m at 1 AU, depending on albedo
Gaia: Studies of the Solar System
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Light Bending in Solar System
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Satellite and System
• Mass: 1700 kg (payload 800 kg)• Power: 2000 W (payload 1200 W)
• ESA only mission• Launch date: 2010 targetted• Lifetime: 5 years• Launcher: Soyuz• Orbit: L2• Ground station: Perth or Madrid• Data rate: 1 Mbps
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Payload and TelescopeSiC primary mirrors1.4 0.5 m2 at 106°
Superposition offields of view
SiC toroidalstructure
Basic anglemonitoring system
Combinedfocal plane (CCDs)
Rotation axis
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Astrometric Focal Plane
Total field: - area: 0.6 deg2
- size: 75 60 cm2 - number of CCD chips: 110+70 - CCDs: 4500 x 1966 pixels
Sky mapper: - detects all objects to 20 mag - rejects cosmic-ray events
Astrometric field: - pixel size: 10 30 m2
- window area: 6 12 pixels - flush frequency: 15 MHz - readout frequency: 30 kHz - total read noise: 6e-
Broad-band photometry: - 5 colour
Star motion
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On-Board Object Detection
Requirements: – unbiased sky sampling (mag, colour, resolution)
– no all-sky catalogue at Gaia resolution (0.1 arcsec) to V~20
Solution: on-board detection:– no input catalogue or observing programme
– good detection efficiency to V~21 mag
– low false detection rate, even at very high star densities
Will therefore detect:– variable stars (eclipsing binaries, Cepheids, etc)
– supernovae: 20,000
– microlensing events: ~1000 photometric; ~100 astrometric
– Solar System objects, including near-Earth asteroids and KBOs
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Sky Scanning Principle
Spin axis 50o to SunScan rate: 60 arcsec/sSpin period: 6 hours
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Radial Velocity Measurement Concept
F3 giant S/N = 7 (single measurement)
S/N = 130 (summed over mission)
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Comments on Astrometric Accuracy
• massive leap from Hipparcos to Gaia:– accuracy: 2-3 orders of magnitude (1 milliarcsec to 4 microarcsec)
– limiting sensitivity: 4 orders of magnitude ( ~10 mag to 20 mag)
– number of stars: 4 orders of magnitude (105 to 109)
• measurement principles identical:– two viewing directions (absolute parallaxes)
– sky scanning over 5 years parallaxes and proper motions
• instrument improvement:– larger primary mirror: 0.3 0.3m2 1.4 0.5m2, D-(3/2)
– improved detector (IDT CCD): QE, bandpass, multiplexing
• control of all associated error sources:– aberrations, chromaticity, solar system ephemerides, attitude control…
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Technical Studies (2002-04) and Schedule
• Main activities:– two parallel system studies: Astrium & Alenia/Alcatel– CCD/focal plane development: Astrium + e2v – first CCDs produced– SiC primary mirror: Boostec – mirror prototype under production– high-stability optical bench: Astrium + TPD Delft – testing underway– payload data handling electronics: Astrium-D – breadboard starting– radial velocity instrument optimisation: MSSL/Paris– mission analysis: ESOC– also studied: FEEPs; transmitter; solar array deployment; refocus
mechanism; ground verification/calibration; active optics (backup)
• Schedule:– implementation phase start: May 2005; launch: mid-2010– overall system design advanced and stable since 2000– no major identified uncertainties to affect cost or launch schedule– technology/science ‘window’: 2010-12
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Scientific Organisation
• Gaia Science Team: – 12 members
• Scientific working groups:– 16 groups focused on payload, specific objects, and data analysis– 220 scientists active in the working groups at some level
• Community is active and productive:– regular science team/working group meetings: ~20 in both 2002 & 2003– active archive of scientific working group reports: ~150 since 1 Jan 2003– advance of simulations, algorithms, accuracy models, etc
• Data distribution policy:– final catalogue ~2018
– intermediate catalogues as appropriate
– science alerts data released immediately
– no proprietary data rights
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Data Reduction Principles
Sky scans(highest accuracy
along scan)
Scan width: 0.7°
1. Objects are matched in successive scans2. Attitude and calibrations are updated3. Objects positions etc are solved4. Higher terms are solved5. More scans are added6. System is iterated
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Schedule
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Acceptance
Technology Development
Design, Build, Test
Launch
Observations
Analysis
CatalogueEarly Data
Concept & Technology Study ESA SCI 2000(4)
Re-Assessment: Ariane Soyuz
To L2
Assumed start of Phase B2
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Huge and timelyscientific impact
Well-defined payloadand spacecraft
Technology, cost andschedule maturity
Substantial and active ESA-based community