Status of the Planet Formation Imager (PFI) concept

Michael J. Ireland; John D. Monnier; Stefan Kraus; Andrea Isella; Stefano Minardi; Romain Petrov; Theo Ten Brummelaar; John Young; Gautam Vasisht; David Mozurkewich; Stephen Rinehart; Ernest A. Michael; Gerard Van Belle; Julien Woillez

doi:10.1117/12.2233926

Status of the Planet Formation Imager (PFI) concept

Michael J. Ireland^*, John D. Monnier, Stefan Kraus, Andrea Isella, Stefano Minardi, Romain Petrov, Theo Ten Brummelaar, John Young, Gautam Vasisht, David Mozurkewich, Stephen Rinehart, Ernest A. Michael, Gerard Van Belle, Julien Woillez

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Abstract

The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) project aims to image the period of planet assembly directly, resolving structures as small as a giant planet's Hill sphere. These images will be required in order to determine the key mechanisms for planet formation at the time when processes of grain growth, protoplanet assembly, magnetic fields, disk/planet dynamical interactions and complex radiative transfer all interact-making some planetary systems habitable and others inhospitable. We will present the overall vision for the PFI concept, focusing on the key technologies and requirements that are needed to achieve the science goals. Based on these key requirements, we will define a cost envelope range for the design and highlight where the largest uncertainties lie at this conceptual stage.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V
Editors	Fabien Malbet, Michelle J. Creech-Eakman, Peter G. Tuthill
Place of Publication	Bellingham, Washington
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	1-14
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510601949
ISBN (Print)	9781510601932
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233926
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Jun 2016 → 1 Jul 2016

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	9907
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	27/06/16 → 1/07/16

Keywords

interferometry
mid-infrared
exoplanets
planet formation
astronomy
facilities
imaging
infrared

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Ireland, M. J., Monnier, J. D., Kraus, S., Isella, A., Minardi, S., Petrov, R., Ten Brummelaar, T., Young, J., Vasisht, G., Mozurkewich, D., Rinehart, S., Michael, E. A., Van Belle, G., & Woillez, J. (2016). Status of the Planet Formation Imager (PFI) concept. In F. Malbet, M. J. Creech-Eakman, & P. G. Tuthill (Eds.), Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V (pp. 1-14). [99071L] (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9907). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233926

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Status of the Planet Formation Imager (PFI) concept. / Ireland, Michael J.; Monnier, John D.; Kraus, Stefan et al.

Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V. ed. / Fabien Malbet; Michelle J. Creech-Eakman; Peter G. Tuthill. Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2016. p. 1-14 99071L (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9907).

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