TRIDENT: An infrared camera optimized for the detection of methanated substellar companions around nearby stars

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4860, Issue , 2002, Pages 130-137

  Marois, Christian ^a   Doyon, René ^a   Nadeau, Daniel ^a   Racine, René ^a   Riopel, Martin ^a   Vallée, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Differential simultaneous imaging; Faint companions; Near infrared

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; METHANE; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE TELESCOPES;

DIFFERENTIAL SIMULTANEOUS IMAGING; INFRARED CAMERA; METHANATED SUBSTELLAR COMPANIONS; METHANE ABSORPTION BANDHEAD; STARS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0038814300     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457844     Document Type: Conference Paper

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