The Extrasolar Planet Imager (ESPI)
Abstract
ESPI has been proposed for direct imaging and spectral analysis of giant planets orbiting solar-type stars. ESPI extends the concept suggested by Nisenson and Papaliolios (2001) for a square aperture apodized telescope that has sufficient dynamic range to directly detect extrasolar planets. With a 1.5-meter square mirror, ESPI can deliver high dynamic range imagery as close as 0.3 arcseconds to bright sources, permitting a sensitive search for extrasolar planets around nearby stars and a study of their characteristics in reflected light.
- Publication:
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Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets
- Pub Date:
- 2003
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0210046
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0210046
- Bibcode:
- 2003ASPC..294..633N
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- To be published in P.A.S.P. Proceedings of Carnegie Meeting on Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets, 4 pages, 3 figures