Deep Learning-Based Coarse Alignment and Cophasing of a Distributed-Aperture Telescope. Application to the Small ExoLife Finder (SELF)

N. Arteaga-Marrero, J. Iborra-Luis, A. Padrón-Brito +1

The ExoLife Finder (ELF), a 35--50-meter-class Fizeau interferometric telescope, was designed to detect biosignatures on exoplanets through direct imaging. The Small ExoLife Finder…