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most citedLarge Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): I. Improved exoplanet detection yield estimates for a large mid-infrared space-interferometer mission

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A NICE (Nulling Interferometry Cryogenic Experiment) update: Beyond 1e-5 and towards cryogenic operation

Jonah T. Hansen, Thomas Birbacher, Germain Garreau +10

The Nulling Interferometry Cryogenic Experiment (NICE) is a mid-infrared laboratory testbed at ETH Zürich that aims to not only reproduce the deep () broadband nul…

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Direct Imaging Discovery of Giant Exoplanet Pictoris d: A Decade-Long Game of Hide-and-Seek

Ben J. Sutlieff, Markus J. Bonse, Valentin Christiaens +94

We report the direct imaging discovery of a third exoplanet in the Pictoris system. We detect Pictoris d ( Pic d) in non-coronagraphic observations obtained with VLT/ERI…

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Exploring Exoplanets with Interferometry

Sascha P. Quanz, Bertrand Mennesson, Charles Beichman +27

(Extract from the Executive Summary) Humanity stands at the threshold of answering one of its most profound questions: Does life exist beyond Earth? Ongoing and upcoming space miss…

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A preliminary exploration of the effects of baseline length for the LIFE space mission

Jonah T. Hansen, Thomas Birbacher, Felix A. Dannert +7

By aiming to find and characterise dozens of habitable exoplanets through the technique of nulling interferometry, the LIFE space mission will produce transformational science. One…

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The VLT/ERIS grating vector Apodizing Phase Plate coronagraph

M. A. Kenworthy, F. A. Dannert, J. Hayoz +29

We describe the design, laboratory manufacture, and on-sky testing of the grating vector apodizing phase plate (gvAPP) coronagraph for the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrogra…

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The Nulling Interferometry Cryogenic Experiment (NICE): Architecture, requirements, and preliminary warm precursor results

Thomas Birbacher, Jonah T. Hansen, Felix A. Dannert +6

The success of the Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) space mission depends on measuring the faint mid-infrared emission spectra of exoplanets while suppressing the glare o…