High Angular Resolution and Extrasolar Planets: Beyond Basic\n Instrumental Performances

2002/02/20 by Jean Schneider, Schneider, Jean
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Developments in Astronomy #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0202377

Corrections of the paper published in "Societe Francaise d'Astrophysique: Scientific Highlights 2001" (F. Combes, D. Barret and F. Thevenin Eds., EDP Sciences) 4 pages

arxiv created 2002/02/20 · openalex publication_date 2002/02/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2022/09/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

I review the characteristics of planetary systems accessible to imaging. I\nshow that, beyond the basic angular resolution and dynamics performances of an\noptical ``architecture'', other performances such as photometric precision,\nspectral range or timing are necessary to access some physical characteristics\nof the planets.\n

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