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"Planet Finder" on the VLT: context, goals and critical specifications for adaptive optics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2003

D. Mouillet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, France
T. Fusco
Affiliation:
DOTA, Office National d' Études et Recherches Aérospatiales, France
A.-M. Lagrange
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, France
J.-L. Beuzit
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, France
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Abstract

ESO offers the opportunity to install a new (second generation) instrumentation on 8-m telescopes before 2010, for a wide community. We, as a consortium, argue that it is possible to develop a high contrast imager that will improve significantly or will complement current and forthcoming instruments. This project would benefit a interesting number of astrophysical issues; it will also prepare later more ambitious ground-based imagers or space-based high contrast instruments. The limitations of the turbulence are severe and demand very performant adaptive optics. This critical question is addressed specifically.

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Research Article
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2003

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