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Stellar Coronagraphy

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2024-11-07 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

Detecting exoplanets and other faint sources of emitted and reflected light near a bright star requires deeply suppressing the starlight while efficiently transmitting the dim light from its surroundings. This suppression can be carried out by coronagraphs, nulling interferometers, and starshades. This chapter provides a brief overview of these technologies, emphasizing coronagraphs.

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@article{arxiv.2411.03457,
  title  = {Stellar Coronagraphy},
  author = {Eugene Serabyn and Michael Bottom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.03457},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

22 pages, 11 figures, To be submitted to Springer for publication in the ISSI Scientific Reports series

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