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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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astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI with Asgard/NOTT: status and plans

Denis Defrère, Romain Laugier, Marc-Antoine Martinod +43

NOTT (formerly Hi-5) is the L'-band (3.5-4.0~microns) nulling interferometer of Asgard, an instrument suite in preparation for the VLTI visitor focus. The primary scientific object…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 10 cited

Asgard/NOTT: L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI. II. Warm optical design and injection system

Germain Garreau, Azzurra Bigioli, Romain Laugier +17

Asgard/NOTT (previously Hi-5) is a European Research Council (ERC)-funded project hosted at KU Leuven and a new visitor instrument for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 4 cited

E-TEST prototype design report

A. Sider, L. Amez-Droz, A. Amorosi +38

E-TEST (Einstein Telescope Euregio-Meuse-Rhin Site and Technology) is a project recently funded by the European program Ineterreg Euregio Meuse-Rhine. This program is dedicated to…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 28 cited

Asgard/NOTT: L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI I. Simulating the expected high-contrast performance

Romain Laugier, Denis Defrère, Benjamin Courtney-Barrer +13

Context: NOTT (formerly Hi-5) is a new high-contrast L' band (3.5-4.0 \textmu m) beam combiner for the VLTI with the ambitious goal to be sensitive to young giant exoplanets down t…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 8 cited

L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI with Asgard/Hi-5: status and plans

Denis Defrère, Azzurra Bigioli, Colin Dandumont +34

Hi-5 is the L'-band (3.5-4.0 m) high-contrast imager of Asgard, an instrument suite in preparation for the visitor focus of the VLTI. The system is optimized for high-contrast a…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 1 cited

Characterizing the atmosphere of Proxima b with a space-based mid-infrared nulling interferometer

D. Defrère, A. Léger, O. Absil +9

Proxima b is our nearest potentially rocky exoplanet and represents a formidable opportunity for exoplanet science and possibly astrobiology. With an angular separation of only 35~…