Publications (5)
An Optical Ultrahigh Resolution Spectrograph for Use with Adaptive Optics
J. Ge, B. Jacobsen, J. R. P. Angel +5
A prototype ultrahigh resolution spectrograph has been built with an adaptive optics telescope. It provides resolving power, 300 Ã wavelength coverage and 0.8\% efficienc…
Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life
J. Kasting, W. Traub, A. Roberge +119
Over 300 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) have been detected orbiting nearby stars. We now hope to conduct a census of all planets around nearby stars and to characterize their atmo…
An Optical Ultra-High-Resolution Cross-dispersed Echelle Spectrograph with Adaptive Optics
Jian Ge, J. R. P. Angel, B. Jacobsen +3
A prototype cross-dispersed optical echelle spectrograph of very high resolution has been designed and built at Steward Observatory and tested at the Starfire Optical Range (SOR) 1…
The Microlensing Planet Finder: Completing the Census of Extrasolar Planets in the Milky Way
D. P. Bennett, I. Bond, E. Cheng +21
The Microlensing Planet Finder (MPF) is a proposed Discovery mission that will complete the first census of extrasolar planets with sensitivity to planets like those in our own sol…
The Galactic Exoplanet Survey Telescope (GEST)
D. P. Bennett, J. Bally, I. Bond +22
The Galactic Exoplanet Survey Telescope (GEST) will observe a 2 square degree field in the Galactic bulge to search for extra-solar planets using a gravitational lensing technique.…