Detecting the polarization signatures of extra-solar planets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hough, J H ^a   Lucas, P W ^a   Bailey, J A ^b   Tamura, M ^c   Hirst, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extrasolar planets; High sensitivity polarimetry

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PLANETS; POLARIMETERS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS; HIGH-SENSITIVITY POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION SIGNATURES;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749358834     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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