2008/08/27 by Denis Defrère, D. Defrère, O. Absil +4
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomical interferometer #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Circumstellar dust #Context (archaeology) #Darwin (ADL) #Engineering #Exoplanet #Geology #Interferometry #Optics #Physics #Planet #Remote sensing #Space exploration #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Systems engineering #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810248
11 pages, accepted for publication in A&A
arxiv created 2008/08/27 · openalex publication_date 2008/09/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Context. Characterising the circumstellar dust around nearby main sequence stars is a necessary step in understanding the planetary formation process and is crucial for future life-finding space missions such as ESA's Darwin or NASA's terrestrial planet finder (TPF). Besides paving the technological way to Darwin/TPF, the space-based infrared interferometers Pegase and FKSI (Fourier-Kelvin Stellar Interferometer) will be valuable scientific precursors.