The NIR arm of SHARK: System for coronagraphy with High-order Adaptive optics from R to K bands
Abstract
SHARK is a proposal aimed at investigating the technical feasibility and the scientific capabilities of high-contrast cameras to be implemented at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). SHARK foresees two separated channels: near-infrared (NIR) channel and visible, both providing imaging and coronagraphic modes. We describe here the SHARK instrument concept, with particular emphasis on the NIR channel at the level of a conceptual study, performed in the framework of the call for proposals for new LBT instruments. The search for giant extra-Solar planets is the main science case, as we will outline in the paper.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Astrobiology
- Pub Date:
- July 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1473550414000494
- Bibcode:
- 2015IJAsB..14..365F
- Keywords:
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- coronagraphy;
- extreme adaptive optics;
- large binocular telescope;
- planet finding.