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High Angular Resolution and Extrasolar Planets: Beyond Basic Instrumental Performances

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

I review the characteristics of planetary systems accessible to imaging. I show that, beyond the basic angular resolution and dynamics performances of an optical ``architecture'', other performances such as photometric precision, spectral range or timing are necessary to access some physical characteristics of the planets.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0202377,
  title  = {High Angular Resolution and Extrasolar Planets: Beyond Basic Instrumental Performances},
  author = {Jean Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0202377},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Corrections of the paper published in "Societe Francaise d'Astrophysique: Scientific Highlights 2001" (F. Combes, D. Barret and F. Thevenin Eds., EDP Sciences) 4 pages