Design of a polarimeter for extrasolar planetary systems characterization

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Keller, Christoph U ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circumstellar disks; Extrasolar planets; Planetary systems; Polarimetry; Scattering polarization

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; REFLECTION; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; PLANETARY SYSTEMS; SCATTERING POLARIZATION;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 33749359397     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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