Simulation of planet detection with the SPHERE integral field spectrograph

2011/03/24 by D. Mesa, R. Gratton, A. Berton +14
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Exoplanet #Field (mathematics) #Infrared #Integral field spectrograph #Planet #Spectrograph #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.IM

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016413

11 pages, 11 figures

arxiv created 2011/03/24 · openalex publication_date 2011/03/24 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · arxiv updated 2018/12/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We present simulations of the perfomances of the future SPHERE IFS instrument designed for imaging extrasolar planets in the near infrared (Y, J, and H bands).

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