Adaptive optics for direct detection of extrasolar planets: the Gemini Planet Imager

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 365-373

  Macintosh, Bruce ^a,b   Graham, James ^a,c   Palmer, David ^a,b   Doyon, Rene ^d   Gavel, Don ^a   Larkin, James ^a,e   Oppenheimer, Ben ^a,f   Saddlemyer, Leslie ^g   Wallace, J Kent ^a,h   Bauman, Brian ^a,b   Erikson, Darren ^g   Poyneer, Lisa ^a,b   Sivaramakrishnan, Anand ^a,f   Soummer, Rémi ^a,f   Veran, Jean Pierre ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 34447093956     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2007.04.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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