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EAS Publications Series
Volume 8, 2003
Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging
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Page(s) | 353 - 359 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2003078 | |
Published online | 28 May 2003 |
Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging
Claude Aime and Rémi Soummer (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 8 (2003) 353-359
Claude Aime and Rémi Soummer (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 8 (2003) 353-359
Redundant versus non-redundant apertures for exoplanet detection
UMR 6525 Astrophysique, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis,
06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
Using simplificative assumptions, we show that a redundant configuration of diluted apertures should permit an easier exoplanet detection than a non-redundant one. This result assumes that after coronagraphy the planet appears over an uniform background whose statistical fluctuation is the unique source of noise. The detection is made using a matched filter, cross-correlating the observed image with the telescope array PSF. In that case, the relevant parameter appears to be the integral of the modulus squared of the aperture MTF.
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