Luciola hypertelescope space observatory: Versatile, upgradable high-resolution imaging, from stars to deep-field cosmology

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 463-490

  Labeyrie, Antoine ^a   Le Coroller, Hervé ^c   Dejonghe, Julien ^a   Lardière, Olivier ^d   Aime, Claude ^e   Dohlen, Kjetil ^f   Mourard, Denis ^b   Lyon, Richard ^g   Carpenter, Kenneth G ^g  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE HAUTE PROVENCE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exo planet; High resolution; Hypertelescope; Space interferometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650938650     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9123-8     Document Type: Article

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