Contrast limits with the Simultaneous Differential Extrasolar Planet Imager (SDI) at the VLT and MMT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Biller, Beth A ^a   Close, Laird M ^a   Masciadri, Elena ^b   Lenzen, Rainer ^c   Brandner, Wolfgang ^c   McCarthy, Donald ^a   Henning, Thomas ^c   Nielsen, Eric L ^a   Hartung, Markus ^d   Kellner, Stephan ^e   Geissler, Kerstin ^c   Kasper, Markus ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Extrasolar planets; High contrast imaging; Simultaneous differential imaging

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ATTENUATION; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING; SIMULTANEOUS DIFFERENTIAL IMAGING;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 33749005782     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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