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
Affiliations
- K. Wagner
- Dept. of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
- A. Boehle
- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich
- P. Pathak
- European Southern Observatory
- M. Kasper
- European Southern Observatory
- R. Arsenault
- European Southern Observatory
- G. Jakob
- European Southern Observatory
- U. Käufl
- European Southern Observatory
- S. Leveratto
- European Southern Observatory
- A.-L. Maire
- STAR Institute, Université de Liège
- E. Pantin
- AIM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité
- R. Siebenmorgen
- European Southern Observatory
- G. Zins
- European Southern Observatory
- O. Absil
- STAR Institute, Université de Liège
- N. Ageorges
- Kampf Telescope Optics
- D. Apai
- Dept. of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
- A. Carlotti
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG
- É. Choquet
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CNES, LAM
- C. Delacroix
- STAR Institute, Université de Liège
- K. Dohlen
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CNES, LAM
- P. Duhoux
- European Southern Observatory
- P. Forsberg
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University
- E. Fuenteseca
- European Southern Observatory
- S. Gutruf
- Kampf Telescope Optics
- O. Guyon
- Dept. of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
- E. Huby
- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris
- D. Kampf
- Kampf Telescope Optics
- M. Karlsson
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University
- P. Kervella
- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris
- J.-P. Kirchbauer
- European Southern Observatory
- P. Klupar
- The Breakthrough Initiatives, NASA Research Park
- J. Kolb
- European Southern Observatory
- D. Mawet
- California Institute of Technology
- M. N’Diaye
- Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange
- G. Orban de Xivry
- STAR Institute, Université de Liège
- S. P. Quanz
- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich
- A. Reutlinger
- Kampf Telescope Optics
- G. Ruane
- California Institute of Technology
- M. Riquelme
- European Southern Observatory
- C. Soenke
- European Southern Observatory
- M. Sterzik
- European Southern Observatory
- A. Vigan
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CNES, LAM
- T. de Zeeuw
- European Southern Observatory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21176-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
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.
