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A Wide Field Nulling Imager for Direct Terrestrial Exoplanets Detection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2003

O. Guyon*
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, 640 N. A'ohoku place, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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Abstract

In this work, I show that a wide field nulling imager is a very attractive solution for discovering and characterizing Earth-sized planets around other stars. The concept presented in this paper takes advantage of recent developments in nulling coronagraphy and a number of other techniques (aperture synthesis, pupil densification, pupil dilution) that make it possible to obtain high quality coronagraphic images with an interferometer.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2003

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