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Scientific paper
Oct 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003esasp.539..379b&link_type=abstract
In: Proceedings of the Conference on Towards Other Earths: DARWIN/TPF and the Search for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets, 22-25 A
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Space Missions, Darwin
Scientific paper
ESA's Darwin mission is an Infrared Space Interferometer that will search for terrestrial planets in orbit around other stars. It uses six free-flying telescopes that are stabilized with respect to each other to less than 10 nm by utilizing micro-Newton ion thrusters. As a consequence, hardly any vibration of the optical system with integrated cryocoolers can be tolerated. A sorption cooler is a favourite cooler option because it has no moving parts and it is, therefore, essentially vibration-free. An efficient two-stage helium/hydrogen sorption cooler is proposed with a cooling power of 10 mW at 5K. It needs only 3 W of input power and applies two passive radiators at 50K and 70K. Application of such low-temperature radiators is made possible by Darwin's far-away orbit L2 where earth-radiation is limited. In the paper, first Darwin's cooler requirements are discussed and different cryocooler options are compared. Next, sorption cooler operation is explained, after which six different sorption cooler configurations are described and compared.
Burger Johannes
Coesel Rinus
Dierssen Wim
Grim Ruud
Holland Harry
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