Requirements of a nulling space interferometer for the search for extrasolar planets

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 618-624

  Kaltenegger, L ^a,b   Karlsson, A ^b   Neger, T ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DARWIN; Extrasolar planets; Nulling; Planet search

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; OXYGEN; PLANETS; SIGNAL DETECTION; WATER;

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; NULLING SPACE INTERFEROMETERS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTRONOMY; PLANET;

EID: 3042656654     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.05.030     Document Type: Article

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