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EAS Publications Series
Volume 8, 2003
Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging
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| Page(s) | 343 - 348 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2003066 | |
| Published online | 28 May 2003 | |
Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging
Claude Aime and Rémi Soummer (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 8 (2003) 343-348
Claude Aime and Rémi Soummer (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 8 (2003) 343-348
A Wide Field Nulling Imager for Direct Terrestrial Exoplanets Detection
Institute for Astronomy, 640 N. A'ohoku place, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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.
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