Visible extreme adaptive optics on extremely large telescopes: Towards detecting oxygen in Proxima Centauri b and analogs
Abstract
Looking to the future of exo-Earth imaging from the ground, core technology developments are required in visible extreme adaptive optics (ExAO) to enable the observation of atmospheric features such as oxygen on rocky planets in visible light. UNDERGROUND (Ultra-fast AO techNology Determination for Exoplanet imageRs from the GROUND), a collaboration built in Feb. 2023 at the Optimal Exoplanet Imagers Lorentz Workshop, aims to (1) motivate oxygen detection in Proxima Centauri b and analogs as an informative science case for high-contrast imaging and direct spectroscopy, (2) overview the state of the field with respect to visible exoplanet imagers, and (3) set the instrumental requirements to achieve this goal and identify what key technologies require further development.
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@article{arxiv.2309.00725,
title = {Visible extreme adaptive optics on extremely large telescopes: Towards detecting oxygen in Proxima Centauri b and analogs},
author = {J. Fowler and Sebastiaan Y. Haffert and Maaike A. M. van Kooten and Rico Landman and Alexis Bidot and Adrien Hours and Mamadou N'Diaye and Olivier Absil and Lisa Altinier and Pierre Baudoz and Ruslan Belikov and Markus Johannes Bonse and Kimberly Bott and Bernhard Brandl and Alexis Carlotti and Sarah L. Casewell and Elodie Choquet and Nicolas B. Cowan and Niyati Desai and David Doelman and Kevin Fogarty and Timothy D. Gebhard and Yann Gutierrez and Olivier Guyon and Olivier Herscovici-Schiller and Roser Juanola-Parramon and Matthew Kenworthy and Elina Kleisioti and Lorenzo Konig and Mariya Krasteva and Iva Laginja and Lucie Leboulleux and Johan Mazoyer and Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer and David Mouillet and Emiel Por and Laurent Pueyo and Frans Snik and Dirk van Dam and Kyle van Gorkom and Sophia R. Vaughan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.00725},
year = {2023}
}
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SPIE Proceeding: 2023 / 12680-67