Cancellation of star light generated by a nearby star-planet system upon detection with a rotationally-shearing interferometer

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 357-365

  Scholl, Marija Strojnik ^a   Paez, Gonzalo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; INTERFEROMETRY; PLANETS; REMOTE SENSING;

EXTRA-SOLAR PLANET DETECTION; STAR LIGHT CANCELLATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0033365331     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4495(99)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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