PEPPER: A photometer designed for the direct detection of extrasolar planets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 545-552

  Graham, Matthew C ^a   Potter, Dan E ^a   Close, Laird ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar planets; Photometry; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DETECTORS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTOMETRY; PLANETS; POLARIMETERS; SWITCHING;

ELECTRO-OPTICAL SWITCHING; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; PHOTOMETRIC DETECTORS; PHOTON DETECTORS;

PHOTOMETERS;

EID: 10444238524     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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