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most citedChallenges in focal plane and telescope calibration for High-Precision Space Astrometry

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physics.optics2026

Setup and performance of focal-plane characterization benches for high precision astrometry

Fabrice Pancher, Sebastien Soler, Fabien Malbet +7

Detecting Earth-like exoplanets requires micro-arcsecond astrometry, which relies on a precisely calibrated focal plane equipped with high-resolution detectors. Accurate calibratio…

astro-ph.IM2026

Calibrations for high precision differential astrometry onboard Theia and HWO

Manon Lizzana, Fabien Malbet, Hugo Rousset +3

Future space astrometry missions such as Theia and an astrometric mode of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) require detector calibration and instrumental characterization at a…

astro-ph.IM2026

Pixel-Level Calibration for Space-Based High Precision Astrometry Using Young's Fringes

Hugo Rousset, Eric Thiébaut, Chloé Rey +8

The detection of Earth-like exoplanets via astrometry necessitates centroiding precision at the 0.3 microarcsec level, thereby imposing stringent constraints on the focal plane geo…

astro-ph.IM2025

Very High Precision Astrometry for Exoplanets and Dark Matter with the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Fabien Malbet, J. Amiaux, F. Ardellier-Desages +19

Astrometry, one of the oldest branches of astronomy, has been revolutionized by missions like Hipparcos and especially Gaia, which mapped billions of stars with extraordinary preci…

astro-ph.IM2025

Experimental tests of the calibration of high precision differential astrometry for HWO

Manon Lizzana, Fabien Malbet, Alain Leger +7

Many different scientific applications require sub-micro arcsecond precision astrometry, including researching rocky exoplanets in the vicinity of the Sun and studying dark matter.…

astro-ph.IM2024

Experimental tests of the calibration of high precision differential astrometry for exoplanets

Manon Lizzana, Fabien Malbet, Pierre Kern +4

High precision differential Astrometry is the branch of astronomy that evaluates the relative position, distance and motion of celestial objects with respect to the stars present i…

astro-ph.IM2024

Laboratory characterisation bench for high precision astrometry

Fabrice Pancher, Sebastien Soler, Fabien Malbet +4

High precision differential astrometry assesses the positions, distances, and motions of celestial objects in relation to the stars. The focal plane of such space telescope must be…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Challenges in focal plane and telescope calibration for High-Precision Space Astrometry

F. Malbet, M. Lizzana, F. Pancher +10

With sub-microarcsecond angular accuracy, the \theia telescope will be capable of revealing the architectures of nearby exoplanetary systems down to the mass of Earth. This researc…