Adaptive optics and site requirements for the search of earth-like planets with ELTs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5382, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 550-559

  Lardiere O ^a   Salinari, P ^a   Jolissaint, L ^b   Carbillet, M ^a   Riccardi, A ^a   Esposito, S ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Extremely Large Telescope; High dynamic range imaging; Planetary systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DIFFRACTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MIRRORS; SPACE RESEARCH; TELESCOPES;

EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES (ELT); HIGH DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGING; PHOTON NOISE; PLANETARY SYSTEMS;

PLANETS;

EID: 5444234269     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.566273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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