Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Imaging low-mass planets within the habitable zone of α Centauri

  • K. Wagner,
  • A. Boehle,
  • P. Pathak,
  • M. Kasper,
  • R. Arsenault,
  • G. Jakob,
  • U. Käufl,
  • S. Leveratto,
  • A.-L. Maire,
  • E. Pantin,
  • R. Siebenmorgen,
  • G. Zins,
  • O. Absil,
  • N. Ageorges,
  • D. Apai,
  • A. Carlotti,
  • É. Choquet,
  • C. Delacroix,
  • K. Dohlen,
  • P. Duhoux,
  • P. Forsberg,
  • E. Fuenteseca,
  • S. Gutruf,
  • O. Guyon,
  • E. Huby,
  • D. Kampf,
  • M. Karlsson,
  • P. Kervella,
  • J.-P. Kirchbauer,
  • P. Klupar,
  • J. Kolb,
  • D. Mawet,
  • M. N’Diaye,
  • G. Orban de Xivry,
  • S. P. Quanz,
  • A. Reutlinger,
  • G. Ruane,
  • M. Riquelme,
  • C. Soenke,
  • M. Sterzik,
  • A. Vigan,
  • T. de Zeeuw

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21176-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Imaging of low-mass exoplanets can be achieved once the thermal background in the mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths can be mitigated. Here, the authors present a ground-based MIR observing approach enabling imaging low-mass temperate exoplanets around nearby stars.