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astro-ph.IM2012★ 7 cited
Comparative study of manufacturing techniques for coronagraphic binary pupil masks: masks on substrates and free-standing masks
Keigo Enya, Kanae Haze, Takayuki Kotani +1
We present a comparative study of the manufacture of binary pupil masks for coronagraphic observations of exoplanets. A checkerboard mask design, a type of binary pupil mask design…
astro-ph.EP2012★ 41 cited
Can Ground-based Telescopes Detect The Oxygen 1.27 Micron Absorption Feature as a Biomarker in Exoplanets ?
Hajime Kawahara, Taro Matsuo, Michihiro Takami +5
The oxygen absorption line imprinted in the scattered light from the Earth-like planets has been considered the most promising metabolic biomarker of the exo-life. We examine the f…