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most citedNEAT, An Astrometric Telescope To Probe Planetary Systems Down To The Earth Mass Around Nearby Solar-Type Stars

5 citations · 12 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

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

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

System Analysis for a high-precision high-accuracy Astrometric instrument for HWO

Jérôme Amiaux, Fabien Malbet, Florence Ardellier-Desages +20

This study presents a comprehensive system analysis for an instrument onboard the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), designed for high-precision, high-accuracy differential astrom…

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 1 cited

The latest results from DICE (Detector Interferometric Calibration Experiment)

A. Crouzier, F. Malbet, F. Henault +23

Theia is an astrometric mission proposed to ESA in 2014 for which one of the scientific objectives is detecting Earth-like exoplanets in the habitable zone of nearby solar-type sta…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 3 cited

Metrology calibration and very high accuracy centroiding with the NEAT testbed

A. Crouzier, F. Malbet, O. Preis +19

NEAT is an astrometric mission proposed to ESA with the objectives of detecting Earth-like exoplanets in the habitable zone of nearby solar-type stars. NEAT requires the capability…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 1 cited

First experimental results of very high accuracy centroiding measurements for the neat astrometric mission

A. Crouzier, F. Malbet, O. Preis +19

NEAT is an astrometric mission proposed to ESA with the objectives of detecting Earth-like exoplanets in the habitable zone of nearby solar-type stars. NEAT requires the capability…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 1 cited

An experimental testbed for NEAT to demonstrate micro-pixel accuracy

A. Crouzier, F. Malbet, O. Preis +10

NEAT is an astrometric mission proposed to ESA with the objectives of detecting Earth-like exoplanets in the habitable zone of nearby solar-type stars. In NEAT, one fundamental asp…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 5 cited

NEAT, An Astrometric Telescope To Probe Planetary Systems Down To The Earth Mass Around Nearby Solar-Type Stars

F. Malbet, A. Léger, R. Goullioud +8

The NEAT (Nearby Earth Astrometric Telescope) mission is a proposition submitted to ESA for its 2010 call for M-size mission. The main scientific goal is to detect and characterize…