The Antarctic planet interferometer

Mark R. Swain; Christopher K. Walker; Wesley Arthur Traub; John W.V. Storey; Vincent Coude du Foresto; Eric Fossat; Farrokh Vakili; Anthony A. Stark; James P. Lloyd; Peter R. Lawson; Adam S. Burrows; Michael Ireland; Rafael Millan-Gabet; Gerard Theodore van Belle; Benjamin F. Lane; Gautam Vasisht; Tony Travouillon

doi:10.1117/12.552221

20 October 2004 The Antarctic planet interferometer

Mark R. Swain, Christopher K. Walker, Wesley Arthur Traub, John W.V. Storey, Vincent Coude du Foresto, Eric Fossat, Farrokh Vakili, Anthony A. Stark, James P. Lloyd, Peter R. Lawson, Adam S. Burrows, Michael Ireland, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Gerard Theodore van Belle, Benjamin F. Lane, Gautam Vasisht, Tony Travouillon

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Proceedings Volume 5491, New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552221
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Antarctic Planet Interferometer is a concept for an instrument designed to detect and characterize extrasolar planets by exploiting the unique potential of the best accessible site on earth for thermal infrared interferometry. High-precision interferometric techniques under development for extrasolar planet detection and characterization (differential phase, nulling and astrometry) all benefit substantially from the slow, low-altitude turbulence, low water vapor content, and low temperature found on the Antarctic plateau. At the best of these locations, such as the Concordia base being developed at Dome C, an interferometer with two-meter diameter class apertures has the potential to deliver unique science for a variety of topics, including extrasolar planets, active galactic nuclei, young stellar objects, and protoplanetary disks.

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Mark R. Swain, Christopher K. Walker, Wesley Arthur Traub, John W.V. Storey, Vincent Coude du Foresto, Eric Fossat, Farrokh Vakili, Anthony A. Stark, James P. Lloyd, Peter R. Lawson, Adam S. Burrows, Michael Ireland, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Gerard Theodore van Belle, Benjamin F. Lane, Gautam Vasisht, and Tony Travouillon "The Antarctic planet interferometer", Proc. SPIE 5491, New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry, (20 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552221

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