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1 Alberto Krone-Martins (U. Lisboa, Portugal) on behalf of the Theia collaboration

2 Driving questions > 80% of the matter in the Universe seems to be Dark Matter... but what is Dark Matter?

3 Driving questions > 80% of the matter in the Universe seems to be Dark Matter... but what is Dark Matter? It seems that there should be some habitable exo-earths around our neighbour Sun-like stars... but... where are these habitable exo-earths? And how is the architecture of these systems?

4 Driving questions > 80% of the matter in the Universe seems to be Dark Matter... but what is Dark Matter? It seems that there should be some habitable exo-earths around our neighbour Sun-like stars... but... where are these habitable exo-earths? And how is the architecture of these systems? We know that there are neutron stars and black holes around there... but... what is the behaviour of matter in Nature s densest environments?

5 What is the nature of Dark Matter? Which nearby Solar-like stars have Earthlike planets in their habitable zones? And what is the architecture of the systems? What is the behaviour of matter in Neutron Stars and around Black Holes?

6 What is the nature of Dark Matter? Which nearby Solar-like stars have Earthlike planets in their habitable zones? And what is the architecture of the systems? Kinematical and dynamical effects What is the behaviour of matter in Neutron Stars and around Black Holes?

7 What is the nature of Dark Matter? Which nearby Solar-like stars have Earthlike planets in their habitable zones? And what is the architecture of the systems? Kinematical and dynamical effects Astrometry What is the behaviour of matter in Neutron Stars and around Black Holes?

8 What is the nature of Dark Matter? Which nearby Solar-like stars have Earthlike planets in their habitable zones? And what is the architecture of the systems? Kinematical and dynamical effects Astrometry What is the behaviour of matter in Neutron Stars and around Black Holes?

9 What is the nature of Dark Matter? Which nearby Solar-like stars have Earthlike planets in their habitable zones? And what is the architecture of the systems? Kinematical and dynamical effects Astrometry What is the behaviour of matter in Neutron Stars and around Black Holes?

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12 Dark Matter: Low mass galaxies ( Msun) dominated by DM Core-like structure if self-interacting DM or baryonic feedback Satellites and subhalos ( Msun) should be rare if warmer DM particles Mass of the smallest DM halos!

13 arxiv: subhalos! halo! in disk Feldmann & Spolyar 15 vertical velocity (km/s) Largest effect when subhalo passes through disk still visible after 1st passage

14 arxiv: subhalos! Different DM particles : different spectrum of small amplitude, large-scale correlated, perturbations (need at least 3σ!) halo! Myr in disk Feldmann & Spolyar 15 Gaia-like vertical velocity (km/s) Largest effect when subhalo passes through disk still visible after 1st passage Theia-like

15 Dark Matter Halo shape Different DM particles : different halo shapes (need at least 3σ!) Hyper Velocity Stars at the Halo : infeer the DM particle behaviour oblate spherical standard DM halo model

16 What is the nature of Dark Matter? Which nearby Solar-like stars have Earthlike planets in their habitable zones? Kinematical and dynamical effects Astrometry What is the behaviour of matter in Neutron Stars and around Black Holes?

17 Astrometry: Not strongly affected by stellar activity; No sin (i) effect on the mass;

18 Astrometry: Not strongly affected by stellar activity; No sin (i) effect on the mass; Full characterisation of the system masses and orbital information. very simplistic way to perform a detection of a 1.5 MEarth planet at the HZ of a Sun at 10pc

19 Nearby, habitable, exoplanets around FGK stars Theia will unambiguously detect habitable Exo-Earths around our nearest FGK stars

20 Nearby, habitable, exoplanets around FGK stars conservative technique Theia will unambiguously detect habitable Exo-Earths around our nearest FGK stars

21 Nearby, habitable, exoplanets around FGK stars improved technique

22 What is the nature of Dark Matter? Which nearby Solar-like stars have Earthlike planets in their habitable zones? Kinematical and dynamical effects Astrometry What is the behaviour of matter in Neutron Stars and around Black Holes?

23 EOS is still not well constrained in NS-like environments Nothing appears to rule out quark or strange stars, but we haven t observed them yet. Determination of masses of Neutron Stars in binary systems; Determination of very precise distances via parallax.

24 EOS is still not well constrained in NS-like environments Nothing appears to rule out quark or strange stars, but we haven t observed them yet. Determination of masses of Neutron Stars in binary systems; Determination of very precise distances via parallax. Proper motions and orbital determination of Black Hole binaries: formation of the systems, accretion disc warping and signatures of the shadow.

25 Extreme astrophysical objects Predicted Astrometric Signature ( as) VelaX-1 4U V725Tau CygX-1 LS I GX304-1 CygX-2 1FGLJ1018 LS5039 V4641Sgr V662Cas Theia (20 hours, S/N=6) Theia (200 hours, S/N=6) SS433 ScoX-1 CenX-3 Gaia (end of mission, S/N=6, no prior) V404Cyg GROJ PSRJ CenX-4 HMXBs (M opt > 8 M sun ) IMXBs (M opt = 1-8 M sun ) LMXBs (M opt < 1 M sun ) R-Band Magnitude Theia will probe matter at the most extreme conditions in nature.

26 What is the nature of Dark Matter? Which nearby Solar-like stars have Earthlike planets in their habitable zones? Kinematical and dynamical effects Astrometry What is the behaviour of matter in Neutron Stars and around Black Holes?

27 What is the nature of Dark Matter? Which nearby Solar-like stars have Earthlike planets in their habitable zones? Kinematical and dynamical effects Astrometry What is the behaviour of matter in Neutron Stars and around Black Holes? 0.15 uas to 10 uas (R~5 20, but extending to fainter) strictly differential measurements in a large FoV

28 Science Questions Science Payload

29 cold and temperature stabilized payload units Focal plane array metrology Telescope Camera Telescope metrology harness warm payload units Instrument Control Unit Telescope Control Unit Science data SpW bus System bus Power bus

30 cold and temperature stabilized payload units Focal plane array metrology Telescope Camera Telescope metrology harness warm payload units Instrument Control Unit Telescope Control Unit Science data SpW bus System bus Power bus

31 Overview of the optical design Korsch TMA :: no aberrations up to third order Korsch on-axis TMA 0.8m primary mirror EFL 32m 0.5 Deg FoV Airy disk Optical Aberrations TheiaM5-FPA-Iteration-3d

32 cold and temperature stabilized payload units Focal plane array metrology Telescope Camera Telescope metrology harness warm payload units Instrument Control Unit Telescope Control Unit Science data SpW bus System bus Power bus

33 Theia::FPA-I-3b Science detectors Nyquist sampled PSF 274 mm 310 mm SiC FPA Detector Plate 6x6 Elliptical FoV Science Array of 4k vs. 4k Detectors Baseline : Optical ( nm) but NIR option (Int. participation if ESA mission) TheiaM5-FPA-Iteration-3

34 Theia::FPA-I-3b 6x6 Elliptical FoV Science Array of 4k vs. 4k Detectors Baseline : Optical ( nm) but NIR option (Int. participation if ESA mission) λ/1000 SH WFS: optical surfaces deformations TheiaM5-FPA-Iteration-3

35 Focal Plane Array Module (FPAM) MAIN / REDU S/C I/F Detector Local DPU TOP ICU MAIN S/C I/F MODULE ICU FPAM Integrator Box #1 ICU FPAM Integrator Box #2 ICU FPAM Integrator Box #3 FPAM1-12 FPAM25-28 ICU FPAM Integrator Box #4 FPAM13-24 ~ 1 GB/frame, 1 frame/minute (Dark Matter) FPGA-based on board processing TheiaM5-FPA-Iteration-3

36 cold and temperature stabilized payload units Focal plane array metrology Telescope Camera Telescope metrology harness warm payload units Instrument Control Unit Telescope Control Unit Science data SpW bus System bus Power bus

37 Overview of the payload Overview of the payload Korsch on-axis TMA 0.8m primary mirror EFL 32m Optics: Zerodur, ULE or Sitall Structures: SiC or Si3N4 Rigid Hexapod configuration Mission duration : 4yr (built for 8 yrs) TheiaM5-PM-Iteration-3d

38 cold and temperature stabilized payload units Focal plane array metrology Telescope Camera Telescope metrology harness warm payload units Instrument Control Unit Telescope Control Unit Science data SpW bus System bus Power bus

39 arxiv: Lesson from Gaia :: Monitor, monitor, monitor Independent linear interferometers : monitoring for corrections on ground. TheiaM5-PM-Iteration-3d

40 36 signals (18/24 x I/Q nominal outputs) Nominal electronics Amplification Digitalization Science data SpW bus 18 retroreflectors 18 microinterferometers 18 polarised fibers 1 to 18 splitter 2 to 1 combiner Laser 1 Laser 2 Power supply Control Power supply Control Power bus System bus 36 signals (18/24 x I/Q redundant outputs) Amplification Digitalization ~50 pm Redundant electronics Independent linear interferometers : monitoring for corrections on ground. TheiaM5-PM-Iteration-3d

41 cold and temperature stabilized payload units Focal plane array metrology Telescope Camera Telescope metrology harness warm payload units Instrument Control Unit Telescope Control Unit Science data SpW bus System bus Power bus

42 Lesson from Gaia :: Monitor, monitor, monitor TheiaM5-PM-Iteration-3c

43 Fringes projected in FPA polarised fibers Camera Fiber launcher Switch Phase modulator Phase modulator 1 to 2 splitter 2 to 1 combiner Laser 1 Laser 2 Nominal electronics Power supply Control Power supply Control Power bus System bus Redundant electronics CNES TheiaM5-PM-Iteration-3d

44 Lesson from Gaia :: Monitor, monitor, monitor Interferometric FPA callibration IPAG reached 5x10-5 pixel size CNES TheiaM5-PM-Iteration-3c

45 Differential Measurement Astrometric accuracy per one-hour observation 0,96 uas Detection noise error Detection noise error Focal-plane metrology Field Dist. Calibration Astrometric geometry Target star Reference stars differential error Errors Errors 0,35 uas 0,58 uas 0,33 uas 0,52 uas 0,30 uas Photon noise (V~7) Reference Frame Metrological callibration Physics Modelling

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47 Science Questions Science Payload Mission

48 ESA-led, ESA-operated mission with consortium funded payload ( standard ESA mission) : 536M (inc. 10% Cont) M (inc. 15% Cont) Ariane 6.02 launch, Large Lissajous at L2 Spacecraft dry mass with margin: 1063 kg. Total launch Mass: 1325 kg Launch and Early Operations (~days) L2 Transfer and commissioning (6 months) Nominal Theia Science Operations (4 years) Decommissioning (1 month) Soyuz Fairing 936S

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50 Science Questions Science Payload Mission Consortium

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52 The core team includes members from the UK (Durham-PI Inst.), France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland and Portugal (USA if int. part.). Additional contributions from Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, The Netherlands and Poland. Participants from seven countries outside Europe: Brazil, Canada, China, India, Israel, Japan and USA ( non-enabling contribution). 22 countries > 200 Researchers ~70 contributors to the proposal

53 A mission concept designed: To be the 1st to probe small-scale properties of Dark Matter To be the 1st to reliably probe the shape of MW DM halo To be the 1st to detect habitable exo-earths around FGK stars unambigously and to probe their systems architectures To significantly improve the knowledge of Neutron Star EOS and of matter around Black Holes Plus : ~15% open time & serendipitous discoveries Thales

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