Array configurations for a space infrared nulling interferometer dedicated to the search for earthlike extrasolar planets

Icarus

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 202-212

  Mennesson, Bertrand ^a   Mariotti, Jean Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

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EID: 0031184867     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5731     Document Type: Article

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