Recognizing the Value of the Solar Gravitational Lens for Direct Multipixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet

Slava G. Turyshev, Michael Shao, Janice Shen +18

The Solar Gravitational Lens (SGL) allows for major brightness amplification ($\sim 10^{11}$ at wavelength of $1\mu$m) and extreme angular resolution ($\sim 10^{-10}$ arcsec) within…