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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…
Generation of an optimal target list for the Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO)
Ryan Varley, Ingo Waldmann, Enzo Pascale +8
The Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO) has been studied as a space mission concept by the European Space Agency in the context of the M3 selection process. Through direc…
EChO - Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory
G. Tinetti, J. P. Beaulieu, T. Henning +131
A dedicated mission to investigate exoplanetary atmospheres represents a major milestone in our quest to understand our place in the universe by placing our Solar System in context…
Characterising the Atmospheres of Transiting Planets with a Dedicated Space Telescope
M. Tessenyi, M. Ollivier, G. Tinetti +12
Exoplanetary science is among the fastest evolving fields of today's astronomical research. Ground-based planet-hunting surveys alongside dedicated space missions (Kepler, CoRoT) a…
Current results of the PERSEE testbench: the cophasing control and the polychromatic null rate
Julien Lozi, Frederic Cassaing, Jean-Michel Le Duigou +11
Stabilizing a nulling interferometer at a nanometric level is the key issue to obtain deep null depths. The PERSEE breadboard has been designed to study and optimize the operation…
PERSEE: Experimental results on the cophased nulling bench
Julien Lozi, Frédéric Cassaing, Jean-Michel Le Duigou +15
Nulling interferometry is still a promising method to characterize spectra of exoplanets. One of the main issues is to cophase at a nanometric level each arm despite satellite dist…
The secondary eclipse of CoRoT-1b
R. Alonso, A. Alapini, S. Aigrain +33
The transiting planet CoRoT-1b is thought to belong to the pM-class of planets, in which the thermal emission dominates in the optical wavelengths. We present a detection of its se…
The CoRoT satellite in flight : description and performance
M. Auvergne, P. Bodin, L. Boisnard +3
CoRoT is a space telescope dedicated to stellar seismology and the search for extrasolar planets. The mission is led by CNES in association with French laboratories and has a large…