4 papers
Achieving efficient broadband spatial filtering for LIFE: status and plan
G. Garreau, T. Birbacher, L. Desdoigts +8
Nulling interferometry is one of the most promising techniques that is envisioned for the imaging and characterization of exoplanets in the mid-infrared for ground-based and space-…
A preliminary exploration of the effects of baseline length for the LIFE space mission
Jonah T. Hansen, Thomas Birbacher, Felix A. Dannert +7
By aiming to find and characterise dozens of habitable exoplanets through the technique of nulling interferometry, the LIFE space mission will produce transformational science. One…
The Nulling Interferometry Cryogenic Experiment (NICE): Architecture, requirements, and preliminary warm precursor results
Thomas Birbacher, Jonah T. Hansen, Felix A. Dannert +6
The success of the Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) space mission depends on measuring the faint mid-infrared emission spectra of exoplanets while suppressing the glare o…
Consequences of Non-Gaussian Instrumental Noise in Perturbed Nulling Interferometers
Felix A. Dannert, Philipp A. Huber, Thomas Birbacher +6
With the astrophysics community working towards the first observations and characterizations of Earth-like exoplanets, interest in space-based nulling interferometry has been renew…