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Oral Presentation

SPIRou

JF Donati & the SPIRou science team

SPIRou is a near-infrared (nIR) spectropolarimeter/velocimeter proposed as a new-generation instrument for CFHT. We will describe in this talk the multiple science topics that SPIRou can tackle with unprecedented precision, and in particular the foremost ones for which SPIRou is expected to be world-leader: hunting & characterizing habitable exo-Earths around low-mass stars on the one hand, and investigating magnetized star/planet formation on the other hand. SPIRou will also be able to tackle many other exciting research topics in stellar, planetary, galactic physics.