Characteristics of proposed 3 and 4 telescope configurations for Darwin and TPF-I

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astro-ph/0606733

From: Lisa Kaltenegger [view email]

Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:04:52 GMT (802kb)

Characteristics of proposed 3 and 4 telescope configurations for Darwin and TPF-I

Authors: L. Kaltenegger, M. Fridlund

Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures

Journal-ref: Proceedings IAUC200: Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science and Techniques, 2005, eds C. Aime, F. Vakili

The Darwin and TPF-I missions are Infrared free flying interferometer missions based on nulling interferometry. Their main objective is to detect and characterize other Earth-like planets, analyze the composition of their atmospheres and their capability to sustain life, as we know it. Darwin and TPF-I are currently in study phase. A number of mission architectures of 3 and 4 free flying telescopes are evaluated on the basis of the interferometer's response, ability to distinguish multiple planet signatures and starlight rejection capabilities. The characteristics of the new configurations are compared also to the former, more complex Bowtie baseline architectures as well as evaluated on base of their science capability.

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606733

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