EPJ Web of Conferences (Jul 2011)

New technologies for exoplanet detection with mid-IR interferometers

  • Ksendzov A.,
  • Booth A.J.,
  • Gappinger R.O.,
  • Peters R.D.,
  • Martin S.R.,
  • Lay O.P.,
  • Lawson P.R.,
  • Scharf D.P.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111607001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16
p. 07001

Abstract

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This paper provides an overview of technology development for the Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer (TPF-I). TPF-I is a mid-infrared space interferometer being designed with the capability of detecting Earth-like planets in the habitable zones around nearby stars.