The Antarctic planet interferometer

Mark R. Swain; Christopher K. Walker; Wesley A. Traub; John W. Storey; Vincent Coudé Du Foresto; Eric Fossat; Farrok Vakili; Antony A. Stark; James P. Lloyd; Peter R. Lawson; Adam S. Burrows; Michael Ireland; Rafael Millan-Gabet; Gerard T. Van Belle; Benjamin Lane; Gautam Vasisht; Tony Travouillon

doi:10.1117/12.552221

The Antarctic planet interferometer

Mark R. Swain^*, Christopher K. Walker, Wesley A. Traub, John W. Storey, Vincent Coudé Du Foresto, Eric Fossat, Farrok Vakili, Antony A. Stark, James P. Lloyd, Peter R. Lawson, Adam S. Burrows, Michael Ireland, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Gerard T. Van Belle, Benjamin Lane, Gautam Vasisht, Tony Travouillon

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Abstract

The Antarctic Planet Interferometer is a concept for an instrument designed to detect and characterize extrasolar planets by exploiting the unique potential of the best accessible site on earth for thermal infrared interferometry. High-precision interferometric techniques under development for extrasolar planet detection and characterization (differential phase, nulling and astrometry) all benefit substantially from the slow, low-altitude turbulence, low water vapor content, and low temperature found on the Antarctic plateau. At the best of these locations, such as the Concordia base being developed at Dome C, an interferometer with two-meter diameter class apertures has the potential to deliver unique science for a variety of topics, including extrasolar planets, active galactic nuclei, young stellar objects, and protoplanetary disks.

Original language	English
Article number	21
Pages (from-to)	176-185
Number of pages	10
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5491
Issue number	PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552221
Publication status	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Antarctica
Exoplanets
Infrared
Interferometer

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Swain, M. R., Walker, C. K., Traub, W. A., Storey, J. W., Du Foresto, V. C., Fossat, E., Vakili, F., Stark, A. A., Lloyd, J. P., Lawson, P. R., Burrows, A. S., Ireland, M., Millan-Gabet, R., Van Belle, G. T., Lane, B., Vasisht, G., & Travouillon, T. (2004). The Antarctic planet interferometer. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5491(PART 1), 176-185. Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552221

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