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The EPICS project: Exoplanets detection with OWL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2006

C. Verinaud ,
N. Hubin ,
M. Kasper ,
J. Antichi ,
P. Baudoz ,
J.-L. Beuzit ,
A. Boccaletti ,
A. Chalabaev ,
K. Dohlen  and
E. Fedrigo
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C. Verinaud
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory,(ESO) Germany
N. Hubin
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory,(ESO) Germany
M. Kasper
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory,(ESO) Germany
J. Antichi
Affiliation:
Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica (INAF), Astronomical Observatory of Padova, Italy
P. Baudoz
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA), France
J.-L. Beuzit
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'AstrOphysique de Grenoble (LAOG), France
A. Boccaletti
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA), France
A. Chalabaev
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'AstrOphysique de Grenoble (LAOG), France
K. Dohlen
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (OAMP/LAM), France
E. Fedrigo
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory,(ESO) Germany
C. Correia Da Silva
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory,(ESO) Germany
M. Feldt
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut fur Astronomie, Heidelberg (MPIA), Germany
T. Fusco
Affiliation:
Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA), France
A. Gandorfer
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut fur Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), Germany
R. Gratton
Affiliation:
Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica (INAF), Astronomical Observatory of Padova, Italy
H. Kuntschner
Affiliation:
Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ESO-STECF), Germany
F. Kerber
Affiliation:
Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ESO-STECF), Germany
M. Le Louarn
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory,(ESO) Germany
R. Lenzen
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut fur Astronomie, Heidelberg (MPIA), Germany
E. Le Coarer
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'AstrOphysique de Grenoble (LAOG), France
A. Longmore
Affiliation:
United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC), UK
D. Mouillet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Midi-Pyrénées (LAOMP), France
R. Navarro
Affiliation:
Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (ASTRON), Netherlands
J. Paillet
Affiliation:
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS), France
P. Rabou
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'AstrOphysique de Grenoble (LAOG), France
F. Rahoui
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory,(ESO) Germany
F. Selsis
Affiliation:
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS), France
H.M. Schmid
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland
R. Soummer
Affiliation:
American Museum of Natural History, USA
D. Stam
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
C. Thalmann
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland
J. Tinbergen
Affiliation:
Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (ASTRON), Netherlands
M. Turatto
Affiliation:
Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica (INAF), Astronomical Observatory of Padova, Italy
N. Yaitskova
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory,(ESO) Germany
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Abstract

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This paper presents the status of the EPICS project, an Earth-like Planets Imaging Camera Spectrograph for OWL. We present the Top-Level-Requirements of the instrument and we describe the baseline of the Adaptive Optics system with optimized wave-front sensor. The expected performance in rejection of starlight in the near infrared and in the visible is given. The instruments concepts for detection and characterization of exo-planets will be briefly described. The Signal-to-Noise ratio estimation shows that Earth-like planets can be detected up to 20 pc in a reasonable amount of time. The extremely challenging requirements in terms of static residual errors and differential aberrations are discussed.

Keywords

planetary systemsadaptive opticshigh angular resolution
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Colloquium C200: Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science & Techniques , October 2005 , pp. 507 - 512
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© 2006 International Astronomical Union